Feeds could be crafted to expose us to new ideas and to find the content we are interested in. But instead they are optimized to create an addictive experience

Feeds could be crafted to expose us to new ideas and to find the content we are interested in. But instead they are optimized to create an addictive experience and generate revenue. Twitter removing the linear feed reduced the value of the website for me because I couldn't see all the tweets of the people I follow anymore. I don't want to have to go to each persons twitter page just to see if there are updates. I think it comes down to the 'free' advertising based model of these companies. As long as any paid advertising is allowed online we can't really trust feeds controlled by other people.