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Your feed

How the feed fills up, why it can be empty or full, and what the notices in it mean.

Your feed is a queue of posts that have been passed to you. Nothing in it is ranked. Each post is there because it was published in one of your channels and reached you directly, or because someone forwarded it to you.

Up to 20 posts

The feed holds up to 20 posts. Each one waits until you forward or drop it. After that it leaves your feed for good, and you won’t be sent the same post again. You also never receive your own posts.

When the feed is empty

All caught up means you’ve decided on everything that reached you. That’s normal and doesn’t mean something is broken. Especially during the app’s launch phase, this may occurs sometimes. More posts reach you as people publish and forward.

If your feed stays empty for a long time, check:

  • Your channels. Without a channel, nothing can reach you. Join some under Filters → Channels.
  • Your languages. If you only read a language few people post in, fewer posts reach you. Add any other languages you read under Filters → Languages.
  • The channel filter. See below.

When the feed is full

Once 20 posts are waiting, nothing more fits. The notice Your feed is full means: review a few to make room. Meanwhile, posts that could have gone to you go to other readers, or wait until someone has room.

Filtering by channel

The row of chips at the top of the feed lists your channels. Pick one to see only its posts, or All to see everything again. The filter only changes what you see; posts from the other channels are still waiting in your queue.

“Post unavailable”

Sometimes a post in your queue can’t be shown anymore. Usually its author deleted their account along with everything they published, so the card just says This post was deleted. Tap Remove from feed to free the slot. That isn’t a review and doesn’t earn a token.

Attention checks

Every now and then a post is marked with a small icon. That’s an attention check, not a real post. See Attention checks.

Something missing or unclear?

Tell us with the feedback form in the app. Every question tells us what to explain better.