Why am I shown this account in the Mastodon Android app home?

3 days ago by nemopy to c/mastodon

I saw this account twice which actually contains political messages. I'm used to weird posts of people who use hashtags or get boosted, but I wanted to ask just in case because despite knowing that I can mute or block them I find worrying the possibility of being shown political messages that I don't want to see.
Or is it my fault? I don't follow it, nor I see hashtags nor that it got boosted nor image alt.
My account is on mastodon.social.

airikr 2 points 3 days ago

Just mute the account or block it and you'll never see the user again :)

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nemopy 3 points 3 days ago

I know but I expect my mastodon server to be transparent, without dark practices. If worst case came to be, they are trying to manipulate people by injecting posts, and this is a deal breaker for me.

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airikr 1 point 3 days ago

I hear you. But you are on the wrong instance then. mastodon.social is known for its spamming and hostile account and the lack of moderator responsibilities. I have personally blocked mastodon.social on instance level because of this.

fosstodon.org is better in my honest opinion.

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nemopy 2 points 2 days ago

I see, I wasn't aware of that, ig I'll move instance.

Thanks for your help

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airikr 1 point 2 days ago

Yeah, move to another instance or just mute/block all accounts that you don't want to show up in your timeline nor in the fediverse timeline :)

You're welcome.

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Krafting 1 point 3 days ago

This is a weird kirk of mastodon, it is probably because of a hashtag you follow. Yes they do not show hashtag but still. I get a lot of posts from Lemmy community where there aren't any hashtag. For exemple try searching #linux on mastodon, and find a Lemmy post, you won't see any hashtags yet the posts shows here. My guess is that web.bridgy does the same thing as lemmy, probably a hidden tag or some sort that mastodon doesn't show because it is not in the body?

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