How to Browse Topics and Discover Advice

Tessa downloaded the app after a spectacular first-apartment disaster. She goes straight to the Finance topic, sorts by "most stories" because she wants the messy real-life parts, and starts reading.

Browse by Topic

1. Tap the Topics tab (the category icon in the bottom navigation)
2. A grid of topic categories appears with advice counts per topic (Career, Finance, Relationships, Health, Parenting, and more)
3. Tap a topic to open its feed
4. The feed shows advice cards sorted by most-voted by default

Sort the Topic Feed

On any topic feed, tap the sort selector to change the order:

• Most voted (default) — surfaces advice the community has rated most valuable
• Newest — shows the most recently posted advice first
• Most stories — sorts by story count, surfacing advice with the most real-world context attached

Tessa always sorts by "most stories" because she reads the attached stories before the advice itself — "the messy parts are where the real lessons are."

Read Advice Detail

1. Tap any advice card to open the Advice Detail screen
2. See the full advice text, author info, vote count, and story count
3. Scroll down to read attached personal stories — sorted by most-voted by default
4. Each story shows the author's display name, narrative text, vote count, and time posted
5. Switch story sort to "newest" to see recent additions first

Lucille reads every story attached to her own advice. She cares that her wisdom is reaching people — the story count tells her whether it did.

Home Feed

The Home tab shows a combined feed across all topics. You can apply the same sort and filter options from the Home feed to narrow what you see without picking a specific topic.

Expected Outcome

You land on advice relevant to your life topic, read through the community's voted-best content, and understand the real-world context through attached personal stories.

Tips

• Sort by "most stories" when you want advice that the community has personally validated with lived experience
• Sort by "newest" when you want to see what's been posted recently and contribute to emerging conversations
• Advice detail shows story count before you tap in — you can preview how much context is available on a card