In the article ‘Follow hashtags’, I described a way to follow hashtags using a Hubzilla channel. It is even simpler and more comprehensive (complete) to do this with the relay service from FediBuzz...

In the article ‘Follow hashtags’, I described a way to follow hashtags using a Hubzilla channel.

To do this, you had to find a (preferably popular) Mastodon instance and add its RSS feed for a specific hashtag as an RSS connection.

It is even simpler and more comprehensive (complete) to do this with the relay service from FediBuzz.

To do this, open the ‘Connections’ app, click on the ‘+ Add’ button at the top and enter the following in the input field:

https://relay.fedi.buzz/tag/<HASHTAG>







You can also generate the link on the page https://relay.fedi.buzz/ by entering the hashtag at the bottom left under ‘Follow posts by #tag’. The address will then be displayed below the input field, ready to be copied.

After clicking on the ‘+’ button, the connection editor opens, where you can set word filters for content import, for example...



...or you can simply close the editor. You will then be connected to the relay and future posts with the selected hashtag will appear in the stream.



Advantage over the RSS version: The posts are actually ‘boosted’ into the stream, meaning they are genuine posts and can be commented on, liked/disliked, boosted again, quoted, etc.