What do we think about tags.pub, the fedi node that appears to create a bot to retoot any hashtag that gets an appreciable number of boosts? It's created a bunch of bots off the back of some of my more popular hashtag abuses.
Ill advised
15.1%
Tasteless
11.4%
Evil
7.8%
Nuke the node from orbit
11.4%
Block those assholes
13.3%
Waiting for the scam to drop
18.1%
This is why we can't have nice things
16.3%
Secret Nth thing
6.6%
Poll ended at .

I guess not hating it could have been a poll option, too. #ObviousNinthThing

Edit: a number of people have noted that these bots are an efficient way for a person on a small or single-user instance to follow a hashtag.

Edit 2 Electric Boogaloo: it’s not evil, see here https://cosocial.ca/@evan/116654487550494747

Evan Prodromou (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Hi! I'm the main developer of tags.pub. I'm also one of the authors of ActivityPub. I work for the Social Web Foundation, a non-profit created to help make the Fediverse better for everyone. So, no scam. I think tags.pub is great! The whole point is to make it easier for people to connect to topics they care about here on the Fediverse. I've really enjoyed using it for popular Fediverse-wide tags like #monsterdon or #HashTagGames.

CoSocial
@Unixbigot I don't hate it. It is a pretty reasonable option for how to see more posts on a topic for a single user instance.
@LovesTha @Unixbigot ... or instances with a relatively small intersection of people using a particular language and having particular fields of interest.
@gabe @Unixbigot yeah, it can be seen at larger instances, the larger the instance the narrow the situations. At single user it's pretty much dominant for every case.