> Be prepared for breaking changes, unexpected behavior and this user guide becoming obsolete and wrong.
> If there was no insanity
>
> it would be necessary to create it.
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> --Catbag
Pleroma-FE is the default user-facing frontend for Pleroma. If your instance uses Pleroma-FE, you can acces it by going to your instance (e.g. <https://pleroma.soykaf.com>). After logging in you will have two columns in front of you.
### Left column
- first block: This section is dedicated to [posting](posting_reading_basic_functions.md)
- second block: Here you can switch between the different [timelines](timelines.md) and the About-page which has a list of the staff, the TOS, activated MRF's, and enabled features
- Optional third block: This is the Instance panel that can be activated, but is deactivated by default. It's fully customisable by instance admins and by default has links to the Pleroma-FE and Mastodon-FE.
- fourth block: This is the Notifications block, here you will get notified whenever somebody mentions you, follows you, repeats or favorites one of your statuses
### Right column
This is where the interesting stuff happens!
Depending on the [timeline](timelines.md) you will see different statuses, but each status has a standard structure:
-- Profile pic, name and link to profile. An optional left-arrow if it's a reply to another status (hovering will reveal the reply-to status). Clicking on the profile pic will uncollapse the user's profile where you can find information about the account and [follow, mute and block the account](users_follow_mute_block.md).
+- Profile pic, name and link to profile. An optional left-arrow if it's a reply to another status (hovering will reveal the reply-to status). Clicking on the profile pic will uncollapse the user's profile where you can find information about the account and can [follow, mute or block the account](users_follow_mute_block.md).
- A `+` button on the right allows you to Expand/Collapse an entire discussion thread. It also updates in realtime!
- An arrow icon allows you to open the status on the instance where it's originating from.
- The text of the status, including mentions and attachements. If you click on a mention, it will automatically open the profile page of that person.
- Four buttons (left to right): Reply, Repeat, Favorite and Add Reaction. There is also a forth button, this is a dropdown menu for simple moderation like muting the conversation or, if you have moderation rights, delete the status from the server.
### Top right
- The magnifier icon opens the search screen
- You can search for statuses, people and hashtags.
- You can import statusses from remote servers by pasting the url to the post in the search field.
- If you want to search for users that your instance doesn't know about yet, you can search for them using the full `name@instance.tld` form. You can also use the full url from their remote profile.
- The gear icon gives you [settings](settings.md)
- If you have admin rights, you'll see an icon that opens the admin interface
- The last icon is to log out
### Bottom right
On the bottom right you have a chatbox. Here you can communicate with people on the same instance in realtime. It is local-only and will most probably be removed once the Chats functionality will allow group chats.