So... We should get rid of follower-based feeds, since that is essentially a custom algo?

The world is too big. That is why Nostr doesn't really have a Global state. No one can have EVERYTHING in their feed. It's too much.

We have to curate what we want to see in some way. What we must absolutely fight against is having someone else dictate what we get to see and what we don't. That means we ought to have optionality when it comes to algorithms, and be able to customize our feed to show what we want to see.

Does this mean we likely become disconnected from those outside our bubble? Absolutely, it does. But only if that is what we want our feed to be.