Post #3475221
2026-06-29 10:44 UTC
@evan@cosocial.ca @riverpunk@defcon.social @alice@lgbtqia.space @blogpost@tagpush.app @linux@tags.pub @fediverse@tags.pub @ireland@tags.pub
I appreciate the distinction, but feeds on my server are created for generic topics, and are curated by a person one by one. Your tool auto-created an account based on a personal hashtag that was the same as Alice's user name and so effectively looks like a clone of their account. That freaks people out. If I create a hashtag called # liamgilmartin then my server won't create an account @ liamgilmartin.xxx and start cloning my posts.
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@LiamGilmartin@mastodon.ie 2026-06-29 10:50
@evan@cosocial.ca @riverpunk@defcon.social @alice@lgbtqia.space @blogpost@tagpush.app While from one point of view (yours) a hashtag is just a hashtag and this is just using them in a creative way that the system permits, in reality they have meaning and in this case meaningful personal attributes that are not at all like #history or #linux. That's where judgement, discretion and care are exercised in curation. Your tool removes that judgement, discretion and care, and in Alice's case thereby removes their agency which is why it's upsetting.