[raz32dust]

This is such a gross simplification. First, even people who you follow might post both wanted and unwanted content, and the platform will be more useful if it can somehow show me the things I want to see. Second, it overlooks content creator side of things. How does a new person without any followers start gaining them, or vice-versa a new person who doesn't know whom to follow yet. People keep saying this is what they want from Twitter. But Twitter is not only for them, it is valuable for these other use cases.

[jacobsenscott]

You can choose to unfollow someone if their noise outweighs their signal, otherwise you just put up with it. Eliminate inline "cards" so they can't force 3rd party content into your stream. If they post a bunch of stuff you don't want to see you can unfollow - there is no way for anyone to force stuff on you.

You discover content by people you follow posting links to content, and by search. Good content will gain a following, as it always has even before feed algorithms.

[emodendroket]

I don't see why my options are either "unfollow Aunt Janice" or "see all of Aunt Janice's political posts."