zulip/templates/zerver/integrations/mastodon.md

Fetch public posts (sometimes called “toots”) of individual accounts or federated hashtags from Mastodon in Zulip! While Zulip doesn't integrate directly with ActivityPub or the overall Fediverse, some ActivityPub servers, like Mastodon, publish RSS feeds that can be followed in Zulip using the Zapier or RSS integrations.

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Due to the complexities of Mastodon federation,
following a hashtag on one homeserver does not guarantee that all posts in the
entire Fediverse will be included in the feed.  Rather, all public posts
that have federated to the instance in question will be included. This
means you may get different results for the same hashtag, depending on
which homeserver you choose to subscribe through.

1. Find the RSS feed for the account or hashtag you'd like to follow. Usually, this means appending .rss to its Mastodon URL.

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    For example, to follow Zulip's Mastodon account at
    `https://fosstodon.org/@zulip`, you would use
    `https://fosstodon.org/@zulip.rss`. To follow the **#zulip** hashtag at
    `https://fosstodon.org/tags/zulip`, you would use
    `https://fosstodon.org/tags/zulip.rss`.
   

2. Follow the Zapier integration guide (recommended) or the plain RSS integration guide using this feed URL.

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