Evan ProdromouMar 17

Introducing tags.pub

tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server -- it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There's lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub. To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like @example for the #example hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/03/17/introducing-tags-pub/

Show threadSam at BLAGMar 17

@evanprodromou Looks like I'm the first to follow @signpainting and @signwriting, among a few others to get the ball rolling.

I'm intrigued to see how this works and what lands in my feed as a result...

Show threadEvan Prodromou

@blag Great!

@evanprodromou

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Show threadSam at BLAGMar 21
@evan Quick follow-up: is there any way to *not* have the boosts by these bots appear in notifications? I don't get a lot of boosts, so now they're getting in the way of 'genuine' human boosters...
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21
@blag sure; put hashtag NoTagsPub in your bio. Or, block tags.pub domain.
Show threadjulianMar 21

@[email protected] I'm assuming @[email protected] still wants the boost but not to be notified about it?

It can be done if the recipient boostee isn't explicitly addressed, I think.

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21
@julian it might be possible but it prevents the server from tracking shares. I'm not going to implement that.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21
@julian "I don't want notifications from particular users/domains/whatever" is a client issue.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 21
@julian @blag another option is muting the hashtag users. That should prevent notifications by those users. Unfortunately, you have to do it for each user, but if you use the same hashtag a lot, it should help.
Show threadSam at BLAGMar 24

@evan @julian Yes, none are ideal solutions as I want to actively follow the hashtags, especially the ones I regularly use.

A possibly unintended consequence of this is that posts that use hashtags are now going to appear more popular due to this automated boosting. (At least for people like me that usually have single-figure numbers of boosts on their posts.)

No sweat, I'll accept my new-found popularity with the robots and continue to follow the tags accounts that relate to my interests.

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 24
@blag @julian 🙏🏼