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Chronological with users grouped into thematic lists.

I'm maybe 50% following 20% for you 30% other feeds

I mostly use lists I created, but they are chronological. I also use Mutuals and Following.

Jesus wept, wtf would anyone automatically put people on algorithms when they sign up... Do we really have to slam our hands in the same car doors over and over and over...

Setting BlueSky aside, my theory is that most people want a chrono feed, but algo is much better at sucking them in. That's why stated preference is so different than revealed preference in the data.

Oh, you mean the thing where at the top I can click on ‘Discovery’, or, ‘Following’? God, no, only ever following.

I exclusively use mutuals and following.

I don’t even have super strong feelings about it, but the following view is definitely more useful for my use style than the discovery view.

Surely one of these social media companies have A/B tested this approach. There must be some fatal flaw in practice. Like maybe people get caught up and then go do something else.

I use almost entirely lists. So technically that's both a custom feed and chronological.

I have nothing against algorithmic timelines in principle, but most are either optimizing for monetization and/or user attention rather than what the user actually *wants* to see, or else just aren't even good. So I basically always prefer chronological.

When I accidentally look at the Discover tab, I soon notice how weird it is. Then swipe back to the people I want to read. Missing "discourse" my para-friends aren't in is a non-problem.

I answered on the basis that I *mostly* use following. I'd say I'm about 90% following. The other 10% is when bored on a train or something and I've read my feed and I'm interested potentially in a "lucky dip" thing to read.

Even on Bluesky why would you inflict that on yourself?

Following tab being able to be default is legitimately the selling point of bluesky to me.

98% following/chronological (newest first) and otherwise specific feeds like cats, NFL, gift links (and I think those feeds are also chronological actually).

I don't even know how you get an algorithmic feed on this. Was 100% chrono on twitter, which meant I rarely saw the full extent of the nonsense. I'll be chronological till I die!

Honestly, I don't know 🤷‍♂️