I feel like I'm not understanding something as I begin to explore #pixelfed.

[hush404@mstdn.ca]

I feel like I'm not understanding something as I begin to explore #pixelfed. I signed up to an instance. Made a profile and downloaded a mobile app (most of my exploring will be via mobile). Then I spent some time wondering why it felt so stunted. Seems to direct the user fo a 'local' feed, which I assume is boxed to the instance. There's a global option but it seems to provide just as limited search results. Tried a different app, no change. Tried on a mobile browser. Same deal. Briefly tried a PC browser... And I'm still struggling... What am I not grasping? Is it the instance I chose?
For example: searching a hashtag of Gaming, Linux, PC, PlayStation, SciFi, Books... etc gives me a handful of results. Sometimes up to like 12. But there's no way pixelfed has as little as 5-12 results across instances for above mentioned subjects... Right?
#askfedi

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@hush404 assuming federation in PixelFed works like the rest of three Fediverse, the “global” timeline and searches will only show you posts from people followed by someone on your instance.

[hush404@mstdn.ca]

@oblomov Yeah. That seems to be what's up. I may explore another instance.

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@hush404 you may want to check out https://mastovue.glitch.me/ to explore the timelines of other instances (I have only tested it against Mastodon instances but it should also work with pixelfed instances). This could help you both find a different instance and other people to follow from your own.