> If you see toxic Tweets, that's because you follow people who post toxic Tweets or engage with toxic Tweets.
False; Twitter’s algorithm pushes lots of stuff you don't directly follow and is very clearly heavily driven by subject categorization (which is often also hilariously bad), as well as stylistic categorization (or maybe instead of it, as I see very little indication that the latter plays a role.) So, if you see toxic posts, it probably means you engage with tweets ON SUBJECTS on which some people post toxic takes, or follow people who post tweets on such topics.
It doesn't require any direct interaction with toxic tweets or individuals.
> False; Twitter’s algorithm pushes lots of stuff you don't directly follow
I don't see any of that, on the official mobile app with timeline set to "latest Tweets". The only stuff from non-followed accounts I see are ads, and those aren't even terrible.
I do use the killfile zealously though.
I like Twitter precisely because it puts me in control over which accounts I get to see. It's the only social network that I still enjoy using.
This is my experience as well. Perhaps people use different clients and experience it differently. I use the web client almost exclusively and I often see toxic replies to people I follow or, occasionally, subjects I've engaged with before. It would be worth exploring alternative clients that show me only tweets from people I follow, and hides all responses unless I choose to dig in.
As someone with mostly high-quality follows, the "promoted" posts I get in my feed are so utterly trashy and obvious it's embarrassing. A lot of the "featured" posts are also way outside my interests and frequently posted out of context to the point that they don't make sense.
False; Twitter’s algorithm pushes lots of stuff you don't directly follow and is very clearly heavily driven by subject categorization (which is often also hilariously bad), as well as stylistic categorization (or maybe instead of it, as I see very little indication that the latter plays a role.) So, if you see toxic posts, it probably means you engage with tweets ON SUBJECTS on which some people post toxic takes, or follow people who post tweets on such topics.
It doesn't require any direct interaction with toxic tweets or individuals.