@mjgardner@newsmast Interesting as I ended up just blocking the domain as a user because it seemed like it was just a bunch of bots re-tooting stuff just because of hashtags. I was thinking, "Man, I don't need that." I'll just subscribe to hashtags if that's what I want.
Our Community Feed accounts are automated mirrors of the Communities on the Newsmast app.
Our Communities are hand-curated using filters, follows, hashtags and mutes - by humans. You can't replicate it with hashtags alone, but we understand the frustration!
Our aim is to better help people find topical knowledge on the Fediverse, something we struggled with when we first joined.
If you want to see Communities firsthand, visit the Newsmast app on Apple App Store and Google Play.
@newsmast The #Newsmast app simplifies and sands down too much of #Mastodon to be my daily driver. Examples I’ve found so far: • moving inline hashtags such as those above to the end of the post • reducing accessibility by smashing CamelCase hashtags to lowercase • no way to limit posts to “unlisted,” “followers only,” or “mentioned only” (a/k/a “private” messages) • no draft posts • no apparent way to set content warnings or honor filters
Sorry, from our instance any account can block an instance as a whole.
We weren't aware this wasn't the case across the board.
We have now prevented your account from interacting with newsmast.community by suspending your account from the server. You should no longer be bothered by our automated accounts.