The idea as presented wouldn't survive. People fade away from a network more often than they explicitly leave so a capped group of 10 would be 1-2 people soon e

The idea as presented wouldn't survive. People fade away from a network more often than they explicitly leave so a capped group of 10 would be 1-2 people soon enough. The challenge that social networks have had is that they need to maintain content levels to encourage engagement, but typically the people you choose to follow will post less with time. This leads to networks adding in a lot of content you haven't chosen to follow - suggested tweets and follows and reels and the like. Looking at my personal Instagram as an example: I follow 223 people; I mostly follow only people that I know. Often I'll take a look in the morning and there are all of 1-3 things posted. Over time, people have dropped away from using the app or are discouraged by "is this good enough compared to the polished content that trends?" Instagram tries to compensate by suggesting content from people I haven't followed, which I resent.