# Feed

The Feed is your home timeline, blending activity from people you follow, forums you subscribe to, and trending discussions across the community.

## What Appears in Your Feed

Your feed pulls together:

- New threads and replies from people you follow.
- Activity in forums and tags you subscribe to.
- Discussions getting strong engagement across the wider community.
- Announcements from staff and moderators.

## Inline Composer

You can start a new post straight from the feed.

1. Click the composer box at the top of the feed ("What's on your mind?").
2. Write your post. Markdown formatting is supported, and the title is taken from your first line.
3. Choose which forum to post to from the **Post to** menu.
4. Click **Post**.

## Feed Tabs

Use the tabs at the top of the feed to change what you see:

| Tab | Shows |
|-----|-------|
| For You | A personalized mix from the forums you've joined and people you follow, with the people you follow surfaced first, then ranked by what's active now |
| Hot | Active discussions, ranked by recent engagement |
| New | The newest posts, in order |
| Trending | The highest-engagement discussions, drawn only from forums you can see |
| Friends | Posts from people you follow |
| Mine | Your own posts |

## Interacting With Feed Items

Each feed item supports:

- **Reactions** — react with an emoji.
- **Reply** — expand the discussion and reply inline.
- **Bookmark** — save the item for later.
- **Share** — copy a direct link or crosspost to another forum.