To be fair, the engagement based algos on Nostr do the same thing
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Engagement is fine, but X is tuned to extreme conflict all the time. I came there for tech and Tesla FSD news and for some time i got what i came for.
Months after Musk took over, those topics disappeared and all i get is total opposite of what i want to see. Flat earth content (i shit you not), extreme religion, extreme politic, extreme forms of US politics (even tho i am from Europe and i do not use VPN so algo knows exactly where i am from) etc. I fix it by muting people that spread certain content and algo does not return to my original thing, no, it throws in another non related high conflict topic. Not so long ago i started getting extreme local politician themes on my feed. Like WTF?! I never searched for that content i never looked at that content i never did anything that would let anyone think: "he is interested in this extremist local group". But X algo thinks so....
I have feeling that X algo is set up to provoke you and to create maximum conflict no matter what, because it earns money on interactions that are created in that kind of environment.
Yes i do get topics i am not interested about in Nostr too. But those are rare occasions and i don't mind it. It's ok to throw in something new now and than, who knows, maybe it's gonna be something you don't know you will like.
Nostr is far from perfect, but it is light year away from X....no..not one....light years.
For example, there is no chance in hell i would have interaction with winemaker from US on X....algo would never ever connect us in no way shape or form. And here we are....talking, exchanging our opinions....and i'm not even angry 🤣
I even thought there wasn't any algorithm here on Nostr. BTW I share the same experience as you on X.