Does it show posts from locations near you? That doesn’t make sense. So what is it supposed to signify?

EDIT: Wow, thanks for the lightning-fast responses, guys. I’m loving this place <3

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    Shadow priests melt faces.

    I mean

    It’ll only show posts from you home instance. In your case Lemmy.world

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 years ago

        It’s a feature of federation. Each instance can have it’s own communities, even with the same name. So there could be hundreds of “no stupid questions” communities out there.

        Picking ‘local’ let’s you see the feed of your instance. Picking ‘all’ shows you the feed from all.

    • ewe@lemmy.world
      0·
      2 years ago

      Seems like it should definitely not be the default sorting mechanism. It’s a fringe use case at best. Most people subscribe to communities across the 'verse and their default should be “subscribed” and have 5> communities and “all” if not logged in or have fewer than 5 community subscriptions.

        • ewe@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 years ago

          Ah yes, I know. I just meant the default setting for new users.

          Instead of “Active” and “Local”, it should be “Hot” and “Subscribed” (or “All”). I think anyone who spends enough time to get used to it here quickly realizes they should change their profile settings.