Feed, Discovery, and Following

Where you see this in the app

The feed is the main discovery surface at /feed.

The user-facing controls include:

Views, scope, and sorting

The feed supports multiple ways to look at the same underlying discovery surface.

The scope control changes whose content is shown:

The sort control changes how the feed is ranked. Upcoming favors near-future relevance, Recent favors recency, and Distance matters most when location data is available.

Location, time, and hashtags

The feed combines discovery filters rather than forcing one single browsing style.

The main practical filters are:

• City when you want a place-based slice,
• Nearby when you want geographic proximity,
• Upcoming or Past when timing matters,
• hashtags when topic-based discovery matters.

These filters can stack. That means users can narrow the feed from several angles at once instead of browsing everything in one flat list.

Everyone vs Following

Following is not merely a visual bookmark. It reflects a relationship-based view of the product.

From an end-user perspective, Following means the feed is prioritizing creators you already have a membership or follow relationship with.

That is why the experience may feel quieter but more relevant. If the Following feed is empty, the app tells the user to follow more people or switch back to Everyone.

What discovery feels like for viewers

A practical mental model is:

• use Everyone to explore,
• use Following to keep up with your network,
• use Map or Places when venue/location matters,
• use Threads when conversation context matters,
• use timing and hashtag filters when you already know the kind of activity you want.

The feed is meant to be a discovery surface, not only a chronological stream. That is why it exposes multiple views and relationship-based filters instead of one fixed timeline.