Introducing tags.pub

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/03/17/introducing-tags-pub/

tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server -- it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There's lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about…

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davidgro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 182d (2 replies)

So... A single point of failure?

Kierunkowy74@piefed.social · 8 pts · 182d

Several redundant solutions already exist, for example https://tagpush.app/ (limited list of tags offered to follow), instance relays (work only between instances participating in one of them), or https://fedi.buzz/ and its relay (instance admin can add a relay for a particular tag, with all public posts known to relay being available to the instance).

artifex@piefed.social · 5 pts · 182d

If it’s just a relay on the AP network could it also be federated?