diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
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--- a/mod/tagger.php
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@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2022, the Friendica project
- *
- * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\Hook;
-use Friendica\Core\Logger;
-use Friendica\Core\System;
-use Friendica\Core\Worker;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Model\Contact;
-use Friendica\Model\Item;
-use Friendica\Model\Post;
-use Friendica\Model\Tag;
-use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
-use Friendica\Util\XML;
-use Friendica\Worker\Delivery;
-
-function tagger_content(App $a)
-{
-	if (!DI::userSession()->isAuthenticated()) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$term = trim($_GET['term'] ?? '');
-	// no commas allowed
-	$term = str_replace([',',' ', '<', '>'],['','_', '', ''], $term);
-
-	if (!$term) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$item_id = ((DI::args()->getArgc() > 1) ? trim(DI::args()->getArgv()[1]) : 0);
-
-	Logger::info('tagger: tag', ['term' =>  $term, 'item' => $item_id]);
-
-
-	$item = Post::selectFirst([], ['id' => $item_id]);
-
-	if (!$item_id || !DBA::isResult($item)) {
-		Logger::notice('tagger: no item ' . $item_id);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$owner_uid = $item['uid'];
-
-	if (DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId() != $owner_uid) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$contact = Contact::selectFirst([], ['self' => true, 'uid' => DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId()]);
-	if (!DBA::isResult($contact)) {
-		Logger::warning('Self contact not found.', ['uid' => DI::userSession()->getLocalUserId()]);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$uri = Item::newURI();
-	$xterm = XML::escape($term);
-	$post_type = (($item['resource-id']) ? DI::l10n()->t('photo') : DI::l10n()->t('status'));
-	$targettype = (($item['resource-id']) ? Activity\ObjectType::IMAGE : Activity\ObjectType::NOTE );
-	$href = DI::baseUrl() . '/display/' . $item['guid'];
-
-	$link = XML::escape('<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="'. $href . '" />' . "\n");
-
-	$body = XML::escape($item['body']);
-
-	$target = <<< EOT
-	<target>
-		<type>$targettype</type>
-		<local>1</local>
-		<id>{$item['uri']}</id>
-		<link>$link</link>
-		<title></title>
-		<content>$body</content>
-	</target>
-EOT;
-
-	$tagid = DI::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $xterm;
-	$objtype = Activity\ObjectType::TAGTERM;
-
-	$obj = <<< EOT
-	<object>
-		<type>$objtype</type>
-		<local>1</local>
-		<id>$tagid</id>
-		<link>$tagid</link>
-		<title>$xterm</title>
-		<content>$xterm</content>
-	</object>
-EOT;
-
-	$bodyverb = DI::l10n()->t('%1$s tagged %2$s\'s %3$s with %4$s');
-
-	if (!isset($bodyverb)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$termlink = html_entity_decode('&#x2317;') . '[url=' . DI::baseUrl() . '/search?tag=' . $term . ']'. $term . '[/url]';
-
-	$ulink = '[url=' . $contact['url'] . ']' . $contact['name'] . '[/url]';
-	$alink = '[url=' . $item['author-link'] . ']' . $item['author-name'] . '[/url]';
-	$plink = '[url=' . $item['plink'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/url]';
-
-	$arr = [
-		'guid'          => System::createUUID(),
-		'uri'           => $uri,
-		'uid'           => $owner_uid,
-		'contact-id'    => $contact['id'],
-		'wall'          => $item['wall'],
-		'gravity'       => Item::GRAVITY_COMMENT,
-		'parent'        => $item['id'],
-		'thr-parent'    => $item['uri'],
-		'owner-name'    => $item['author-name'],
-		'owner-link'    => $item['author-link'],
-		'owner-avatar'  => $item['author-avatar'],
-		'author-name'   => $contact['name'],
-		'author-link'   => $contact['url'],
-		'author-avatar' => $contact['thumb'],
-		'body'          => sprintf($bodyverb, $ulink, $alink, $plink, $termlink),
-		'verb'          => Activity::TAG,
-		'target-type'   => $targettype,
-		'target'        => $target,
-		'object-type'   => $objtype,
-		'object'        => $obj,
-		'private'       => $item['private'],
-		'allow_cid'     => $item['allow_cid'],
-		'allow_gid'     => $item['allow_gid'],
-		'deny_cid'      => $item['deny_cid'],
-		'deny_gid'      => $item['deny_gid'],
-		'visible'       => 1,
-		'unseen'        => 1,
-		'origin'        => 1,
-	];
-
-
-	$post_id = Item::insert($arr);
-
-	if (!$item['visible']) {
-		Item::update(['visible' => true], ['id' => $item['id']]);
-	}
-
-	Tag::store($item['uri-id'], Tag::HASHTAG, $term);
-
-	$arr['id'] = $post_id;
-
-	Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $arr);
-
-	$post = Post::selectFirst(['uri-id', 'uid'], ['id' => $post_id]);
-
-	Worker::add(Worker::PRIORITY_HIGH, "Notifier", Delivery::POST, $post['uri-id'], $post['uid']);
-	System::exit();
-}