[sneak]

This masterpiece of user respect actually reverts periodically to the original, default, "shit up my timeline with likes of my follows from people i don't follow" mode that benefits twitter at your expense, even after you've set it to "don't do that" multiple times.

That, along with the fact that Twitter now censors its search results, are the main reasons I stopped donating content to the platform and deleted my account after 12 years.

[Tomte]

I just looked at it again, and it's still on chronological, even though I haven't touched it in months (I usually read Twitter through tweetdeck). I'm actually surprised.

But you're right in that the changing-back behaviour was there some months ago. I don't know if they gave up this user-hostile behaviour or if they segment the user base in several groups and I'm lucky.