They don't look at the follows feed.
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They look at trending, at relay feeds, hashtags, other lists, etc.
they are wrong. The End.
You sure about that? I switch to primal on rare occasion to see those trending feeds, and maybe catch something big I missed, but it’s never been worth more than a minute of time before I switch back to notes and replies. I follow a lot of people and still my feed can feel slow at times