[jppope]

I haven't been on twitter (or as the kids are calling it "X" in a while), the thing that drove me off was the algorithm jamming me with engagement trash, when I was trying to do "gardening" and have my feed made up of scientists, or software engineers I respect. What I got was: Kardashians? Pete Davidson? and a bunch of flamebait BS. I don't really know how you can mess recommendations up that much, but I can say the whole thing didn't have a thick veil. Its probably killing it with everyone else but it drove me off

[EarlKing]

If you really want to know: Go take a look at what things they think interest you. Go to Settings, Privacy and Safety, Content You See, Interests. You'll find they've probably randomly inserted some interest in there because you engaged with someone who had that interest and it never ever gets turned off. I followed an actor because I liked his stance on some topic or another and it decided I must be interested in his latest project... which I'm not... and no matter how many times I uncheck that interest it will just get set again within a week or so.

So, yeah, they try to make inferences about what you'll like based on who you interact with, they invariably prove to be wrong, and here we are. I suppose they may also be paid to astroturf interests to other people, but who knows?