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
Shadow priests melt faces.
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It’ll only show posts from you home instance. In your case Lemmy.world
What is its purpose? Is it a feature or bloat?
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.
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.
You can change your default sorting in the settings :)
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.
It shows only content from the instance you’re logged in on.
It only shows posts that were originally posted on the same instance you are currently on.
It shows you posts from communities that exist on the same instance as your account.
It means only the sexy hot singles 5mi from you can post. Click here to meet up with sexy girls who wanna bang! (sexy girls who want to bang are not near you)
I believe it is for posts specific to communities on your instance (server), which in your case is lemmy.world.
