@cazabon@mindly.social @juliette@mastodon.green I agree with you. His concealment of his connection certainly appears deceitful. I can only imagine the inflated sense of self-importance necessary to impose spammy bots on users without permission, and then frame them as something beneficial. Hashtag bots diminish the authenticity of the Fediverse. People on small servers or non-Mastodon platforms chose to be where they are. We should not need to alter our accounts to protect ourselves from the crap he decided to impose on us. I had to unmute him to find out how to block his bots. I care about this importance for him as much as he cares about consent. Frankly, he can F off as far as I’m concerned.