[jonahbenton]

LOL. My algorithm at twitter had been very simple-

See tweets from people I followed.

Don't see tweets from people I didn't follow.

Trust people I follow in their retweets to signal something interesting.

Unfollow unhelpful people.

Once that algorithm was rendered impossible, I left twitter.

Haven't missed it.

Having someone say- here's the way we are going to promote something to you- doesn't make me inclined to accept the promotion!

[mgiannopoulos]

This still exists as the Following tab and viewing it is a persistent option. You don’t need to see the algorithm feed (“For You”) ever.

[cauthon]

Roughly one in every four to five tweets in the “following” feed is a “promoted” tweet, at least on mobile.

20-25% noise isn’t a great ratio for something that I ostensibly curate.

[hk__2]

"promoted" tweets are ads, just like you would see on almost any website you don’t pay for.

[mempko]

You should try Mastodon then!