Why would I want to browse Lemmy “Local” instead of subscribed? It seems that “Local” can serve up just about anything, including things that have nothing to do with the types of communities that I have subscribed to. If I understand correctly, “Local” shows any post to any community on Lemmy.world, which could be just about anything. So, maybe I am missing the point because I don’t really see why anyone would want that.
I’ve been using local to find new communities that look interesting or if something shows up that I haven’t subscribed to.
I browse local and all occasionally, to just see things I am not specifically looking for or find new communities that are somewhat active.
Also less so now, but like a week ago the content would dry up a little fast on subscribed.
The same reason why you might browse r/all or r/popular on Reddit. If there’s nothing new on your subscription page, you can carry on doom scrolling on local.
Discovery, and instance specific content, where the instance is topic focused
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What’s in local depends on your instance. It’s pretty good on mine because it’ll give me stuff that’s relevant but not top tier interest.
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It makes sense if you are on a specific server. Feddit.de is mostly all about German speaking stuff. So I have a good oversight over good memes, news and discussions.
