Yeah, I absolutely understand what you mean dcspectre...I am fairly new myself and it took a few hours to get the hang of the interface...I dont use the search bar, instead i search under "new" and scroll through based on those tags:

For instance: "new" for tag 'cryptocurrencies' and try for each tag...once you find a post I like, I will follow that community member so they arrive in "my feed". Then u can use your feed to search for the members you like.

I hope this helps!