They are a stepping stone, not intended to directly influence anyone: hashtags appearing en masse on "influential" (due to bulk porn subscribers) but utterly un

They are a stepping stone, not intended to directly influence anyone: hashtags appearing en masse on "influential" (due to bulk porn subscribers) but utterly unrelated accounts will add weight to on-topic posts using the same tags elsewhere. Not much different from the link farms of the early days of SEO which were never meant for human eyes.