I am maybe too much of a power user but I know nobody who uses Twitter's algorithmic timeline.
The whole "Mastodon is without the evil algorithm" feels very much like a psychological overreaction that somehow merges all problems with Facebook and Instagram and TikTok into one action.
@tante On a micro level, the vast majority of Twitter users are on the default app and website, which *heavily* enforces the algorithm feed. The number of people you or I personally know is basically a rounding error in an issue like this.
On a macro scale, I think this is part of the growing conversation and very real concern about the control algorithms and Big Tech have taken over our lives. So a lot of people see the lack of algos here as a refreshing cleansing.
tante
David Chartier