Per AxbomNov 7, 2022

If you want to try out the advanced web interface for Mastodon, I made short video on how to pin a hashtag search.

1. In Preferences, Enable advanced web interface and save.
2. Go Back to your Mastodon start page.
3. Search for #FediTips
4. Click search result
5. In the column that appears, open column settings (top right icon)
6. Select “Pin” and the column will stay in your layout and update automatically
7. You can add more hashtags to the same column, if you want.

https://vimeo.com/768236701

Show threadMickeNov 7, 2022
@axbom I'm running the advanced interface but I'm not able to add additional hashtags to the column, any idea what the reason for that could be?
Show threadPer AxbomNov 7, 2022
@Micke In this case I actually think that the hashtag must 'exist' on your instance before you can add it. Likely it's enough that somebody on the instance uses it.
Show threadMicke
@axbom hmm, would think that me following these to hashtags on the instance should be enough but that doesn't seem to be the case unfortunately..
Nov 7, 2022 at 9:02pmWeb
Show threadPer AxbomNov 8, 2022

@Micke it could be that the admin has to approve your hashtag first. Worth checking.

cc: @stemid