Filtering out hashtag spammers
from Bunny of Doom
Filtering out hashtag spammersLooks like we've got a new 'release' version in the streams repository, as of 22 hours ago.
I just wanted to point out a nice little addition: You can now filter out posts that use an excessive number of hashtags (where "excessive" is defined by you). Some people do this in order to get seen by users who are following specific hashtags.
From the Content Filters help file:
HASHTAG
#Match hashtag
Example:
#cats
#>nMatch greater than total number of hashtags
Example:
#>10
I guess Mastodon users are really into hashtags. I haven't tested this, but it seems like my public posts are pretty much ignored by Mastodon users (including my connections),
unless I include some hashtags.
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Bill Statler