Defining Sources for Tootbot

Tootbot can source posts to cross post from Subreddits or from reddit users (aka Redditors).

Tootbot checks two sections in the config file for what posts to cross post to the Fediverse. The first section is named [Subreddits] and defines which subreddits to tootbot checks for new posts. The second second called [Redditors] defines what reddit users tootbot checks for new posts. Both of these sections are formatted similarly.

Each section lists a source (subreddit name or user name) followed by a colon (:) and then optionally followed by a comma separated list of hash tags (without quoting the #).

The following partial example config will cause tootbot to:

  • check r/cats and r/kittens subreddits for new “hot” posts

  • check for new posts in any subreddit by the reddit user “SunKisty275”

  • add the hash tag #cats to any posts originating from r/cats

  • add the hash tags #cats and #kittens to any posts originating from r/kittens

  • add the hash tag #userpost to any posts originating from the user SunKisty275

[Subreddits]
cats: cats
kittens: cats, kittens

[Redditors]
SunKisty275: userpost