pasjrwoctx👽<span class="h-card"><a href="https://caneandable.social/users/WeirdWriter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WeirdWriter</span></a></span> ok im a little lost, following categories would be more like following <a href="https://social.2ndshot.photos/search?tag=hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a>, ie <a href="https://social.2ndshot.photos/search?tag=fediforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediforum</span></a> or <a href="https://social.2ndshot.photos/search?tag=breakingnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakingnews</span></a> and having them show up in your feed without searching them, but that relies on usage of hashtags so if a post author creates a breaking news post but fails to use the <a href="https://social.2ndshot.photos/search?tag=breakingnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakingnews</span></a> hashtag it wont show up in the feed that you would be following for breaking news, so on your instance in the search bar put what your looking for, under results It shows you All, Profiles, Hashtags and Posts, click on Hashtags then the hashtag your looking for, and on that page on the top will say <a href="https://social.2ndshot.photos/search?tag=hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashtag</span></a> on the left and on the right is a Follow Hashtag button and now everything hashtaged with the hashtag you selected will show up in your Home feed.