[jimmytidey]

Am I missing something? I have Twitter set to show the timeline of tweets as they happen, which although I accept it requires a deduplication algorithm is broadly non algorithmic.

I realize there is also another 'curated' timeline setting, but you can always switch it off.

There are all kinds of problems with Twitter, but I'm surprised to see so many people saying 'the algorithm' is one of them.

[rsynnott]

That’s not the default, and remember that even if you’re using the chronological feed, the people you follow, who are retweeting stuff, are largely using the non-chronological attention-driving feed. You’re still exposed to The Algorithm (TM), just less directly.

[jimmytidey]

This is such a fascinating insight, I have not sufficiently considered how many people might be using the algorithmic feed.

The main problem I experienced with their 'curated' feed was that the news was so old. If I'm watching Twitter its because there is a news event happening.

So many times I'd see a tweet "Minister resigns!" and I'd think - "Another one, this is the end of the government!" only to discover Twitter has surfaced a tweet from 24 hours ago.