I've got my defaults set to "all" and "active". It's my understanding that "all" shows instances we're federated with, whereas "local" will show only Hexbear posts. I am seeing some non-hexbear posts on "all", but it's mostly Hexbear. Are we simply the most powerful posters and therefore take up the front page or is it weighted behind the scenes to still favor local?

No complaints, I'm enjoying federation so far. Mostly because I'm only seeing posts from other instances talking about how cool we are lenin-heart

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Is there a way to filter Lemmy posts?

    If not - I'm going to entirely ignore them. "All" at any site in any forum is never my thing. Filtering is my jam.

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    For weeks I avoided all the posts about federation and I always use my "subscribed" bookmark which gave me no Lemmy posts at all. I didn't even know what was going on until I saw this post.

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    Edit

    Maybe this is actually very simple. Do I have this right?...

    • I can subscribe to whatever Lemmy comms I like.

    • They'll show up in my "Subscribed" if "Local" is unselected.

    • YearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      If you want to filter, Subscribed is 100% the way to go!

      You can still sub to specific comms from other instances and only see those. there might be some of interest at lemmygrad or lemmy.ml

    • Starlet [she/her, it/its]
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      1 year ago

      For weeks I avoided all the federated posts

      we've only been federated for two days

    • macabrett
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      I think if you choose "local" instead of "subscribed" or "all", you'll get only hexbear posts.

    • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
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      1 year ago

      Yes, subscribed will show you all of the communities you have joined (or subscribed to), regardless of which instance the community is on.

      So yeah, imo, curating your own list of comms that you're subscribed to is the best way to use Lemmy.

  • markr [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    I find active sort mostly useless. Top by day or less seems more friendly to me.

  • Twink
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    1 year ago

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