No. They are necessary for relevance with the growing volume of content.

We should not be concerned by algos. We should be concerned by algos you can't control.

Algos done right are supposed to serve the user, and help him to find more relevant content. While being in charge of his personal definition of relevance.

Client have to start experimenting with these.

Natural progression is:

1) simple sorting (by time, by zaps (zaplife.lol), by likes

2) sorting with filters

3) simple sorting, or sorting by relevance (relevanceA vs relevanceB vs C, ..) With filters

4) mixes of all of the above.

Fwiw, the vision doc for Blue Sky discusses this nicely