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
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    Shadow priests melt faces.

    I mean

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

    • @ewe
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      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.

      • @Coablt
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        92 years ago

        You can change your default sorting in the settings :)

        • @ewe
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          42 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.

          • @joyjoy
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            With what default communities? You can’t have a “Subscribed” feed if you don’t have any subscriptions.

    • @ilex
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      12 years ago

      What is its purpose? Is it a feature or bloat?

      • @surewhynotlem
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        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.

      • @[email protected]
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        On a well-fedorated general purpose instance, it likely wouldn’t matter, like lemmy.world. however, it would be useful if

        1. Your instance is dedicated to a specific purpose, like lemmyNSFW and some programming/art/starterk oriented instances. Then you can view all the instance content without going into specific communities.
        2. You instance has special moderation rule. You might want to take a break from wider internet, and only enjoy well-moderated content on your instance.
        • @ilex
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          02 years ago

          I didn’t consider how hard it must be for porn users have to see SFW content. That’s pretty considerate.

  • BrikoX
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    Local means it only shows posts that originate from the instance your account is created on. In your case it would be lemmy.world.

  • @Limeey
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    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)

    EDIT: oh, sorry for joking, right, let me repeat the answer that everyone else has repeated now 20 times over…

      • @ElectroVagrant
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        I’ve been thinking about this off & on, and I keep coming back to the silly idea of renaming it, “Here”. It wouldn’t really clarify much, but the questions would be funnier:

        “What is “Here” filtering?”
        “It’s showing you here”
        “where?”
        “here, where you are”
        “but where am I?”
        “you’re there!”
        “so what’s here?!”

  • @[email protected]
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    92 years ago

    It will only show posts from your home instance (in your case lemmy.world) as opposed to posts from all the various instances that make up Lemmy.

    • Mirodir
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      72 years ago

      I wanna add to this that “all” isn’t really from all Lemmy instances, but instead only from communities your instance knows about.
      I’m not sure if anyone on your instance has to be subbed to that community or if it’s enough if that instance was searched for once on your instance.

      • @[email protected]
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        I think it just has to have been searched for, but yeah I probably should’ve said “all connected instances.”

        • @Sunforged
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          42 years ago

          Good to know.

          Anyone got advice for browsing content outside of connected instances?

  • @jasparagus
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    I believe it is for posts specific to communities on your instance (server), which in your case is lemmy.world.

  • @ProfessionalBoofis
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    62 years ago

    It only shows posts that were originally posted on the same instance you are currently on.

  • Alex
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    It shows you communities from within your own instance.

    Local doesn’t mean “geographically local”, it means “within your own instance” local.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    It shows posts only from your local instance, not from all the federated ones.

  • Setarkus.LW
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    It’s only showing posts from communities of the instance ypu registered on, so none from lemmy‌.‌ml for example

  • Chainweasel
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    32 years ago

    It only shows communities on the same instance as you. So you’re resisted on lemmy.world so if you click “Local” it will only show you communities also hosted on lemmy.world

  • kneelknee 🐖
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    It shows you posts from communities that exist on the same instance as your account.