Tried Threads again and the algorithm is still terrible. This time it fed me a dozen posts from the same user out of chronological order. Who wants that? Life itself is disorienting and annoying enough as-is. Don't need a social media site making it moreso.
Something else I realized: the unpleasantness of Threads combined with being reminded of the historic awfulness of Facebook/Meta has led me to reduce my Instagram use. Wonder if that's a common thing at all.
@gregpak I suspect it is common.

For me, it's a little like listening to Jackson 5 instead of Michael Jackson: I think it's OK?