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Adding Mastodon Connections

How to collect content from Mastodon

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Written by Sarah Nünlist
Updated over a year ago

The first step to getting your Social Wall up and running is adding a Connection. In this article, we show you how to add and manage a Mastodon Connection.

Contentfry supports the following Mastodon Connections:

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To get started, select Mastodon in the Connections panel on the left-hand side of your dashboard.


Adding a Hashtag

To collect the content posted with a certain hashtag, select «Hashtag» from the menu bar. Then select the Server and enter the hashtag in the provided field.

Decide whether you want to moderate the collected content before it is displayed publicly on your social wall. We recommend moderating content that is collected via a hashtag. To finish and create the new Mastodon Connection, click on the «Create»-button.


Adding a User Profile (Mastodon Account)

To collect the posts of a Mastodon User, select «Profile» from the menu bar. Then select the Server and enter the username in the provided field.

Decide whether you want to moderate the collected content before it is displayed publicly on your social wall. To finish and create the new Mastodon Connection, click on the «Create»-button.


What's next

  • You might want to edit or delete your Mastodon Connections. Learn how to Manage your Connections.

  • Add Connections from other Social Networks. For a complete list of Connection types please click here.

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