Out of interest, why are you hoping/why is it preferred that people no longer rely on the a11y hashtag?

Fair enough. FWIW, I find them useful precisely for content discovery, but even far beyond being new on a platform. Sometimes, I find it a good way to periodically find new interesting people to follow or things to read/learn about. But obviously just my personal perspective.

@jcsteh I think I was burned by all the hashtag spamming on Twitter, and then I see it happening here as that behavior manifests. Reminds me of some terrible amoral marketers I have worked with or near over the years. So I am a bit tainted.

Yeah, I can certainly understand that. I try to limit my hashtag usage to cases where I think people might actually be interested in discovering that content and to one or two tags at most.

@jcsteh Same same. Do not want to be annoying, but sometimes I want to catch the general hashtag follower in addition to my own followers. Or just shame overlays.