They can be abused and randomly thrown into notes that don't have anything to do with the hashtag, for eyes and engagement farming.
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Yeah, same problem with everything other microblogging system... You mute users who are abusing it
I think there's a way to fix it using WoT
I mean what's the alternative solution?
Otherwise you're getting into Reddit-style moderated communities around specific tooics, which is entirely possible...
I think there's a way "punish" notes and npubs that abuse it using Web-of-Trust, and vice-versa. I still haven't fully thought it out....