I never tried PixelFed and just signed up to pixel.tchncs.de. As a client I downloaded Pixelix from F-Droid. Now I'm there with an empty feed. How do I get started?

There's a section with trending profiles and one with trending hashtags but both sections seem to have pretty generic content like #art, #photography, #photos etc.

Don't get me wrong, it's nice photographies and all but it feels really anonymous and a bit random to me. Is this the normal PixelFed experience or am I doing it wrong?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Scroll the local feed. Search hashtags and follow hashtags you're interested in. As with Mastodon, your home feed will be empty until you follow people.

[–] surewhynotlem 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I also don't get it and would love some guidance

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I found a global stream that is a bit similar to /all and has a wider variety of content, also new posts with just little interaction so far. That feels already slightly better than the top trends.

[–] surewhynotlem 1 points 1 day ago

Hey, that's not bad. Thanks!