Example of the boost count; all from a private instance

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1. EVHaste (haste@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 10:01:28 JST EVHaste

   @Gargron Concerned there might be something fishy and novel going on here.

   This is a network of bots boosting each other to the front page of .socials’s popular feed, despite none of the folks boosting it being on this instance. They’re all coming from a bespoke one. I’ve seen it a few times this week.

   The result is basically an ad and I’m wondering 1) what underlying system causes this to happen and 2) if it represents undesirable behavior from your perspective as an engineer/admin.