Public Help
Features

Feed

Your home stream of posts from people and pages you follow, plus a discover view.

Two feeds

Public has two main feeds you can switch between:

  • Following — posts from accounts and pages you follow.
  • Discover — public posts from across Public, regardless of who you follow.

Above the posts, a Status bar shows your contacts' Status updates from the last 24 hours.

On the web

  • URLs: /news/following (default) and /news/public (Discover).
  • The desktop sidebar links to Following feed and Public feed.
  • A composer sits above the feed on desktop so you can post without leaving the page.
  • Posts load with infinite scroll, 10 at a time. When you reach the end of Following, you'll see You're all caught up! and a button to View public feed.
  • The right sidebar (on wide screens) shows People you may know, Pages to follow, and Trending Topics.

On Android

  • The Home tab opens your feed. The top bar has icons for switching between Public posts and Following posts.
  • Pull down to refresh.
  • Tap the bell icon to open Notifications, or the + icon (Add Post) to compose.
  • When you reach the end of Following, you'll see an All caught up! card with a View public feed button.

What you can do on each post

See Posts for like, comment, share, edit, delete, and report actions.

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