Finding content in Lemmy is not very intuitive if you're brand new. Here's how you can enjoy all that the Fediverse has to offer, irrespective of which instance you are on.

The buttons at the top of the home page are the secret. You can also click on the small "sorting help" button to view more information on what everything does:

"Local" will only display posts that are created on the instance you are on. "All" will display posts from all other federated instances:

If you feel like you're seeing old posts, try changing your view to "New":

That's it in a nutshell. The beautiful thing about the Fediverse is you can interact with all federated content from the comfort of your home Lemmy instance.

You may also be interested to learn how to find communities and subscribe to them.

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