@RikerGoogling
In case this is a legit question… :)

It works more intuitively in the Metatext app (for iOS), I feel. There, you can easily move between Mastodon’s 3 feeds.m, unlike in Mastodon’s native app.

Home: folks you follow
Local: folks on your server
Federated: everyone (like Twitter)

(I’ve heard the Tusky app on Android offers a similarly improved UI..?)