Every time a social media site has offered, pleaded, cajoled or forced me to take a non-chronological timeline, I’ve refused. And if that refusal eventually becomes impossible (no option, addons no longer work, etc), I take my eyeballs elsewhere.
You’re not an edge case. :)
Oops, I think you’re right.
It would be good, but I’m not sure if the expected Multireddit-style behaviour will ever appear on the threadiverse - at least not in the way I use them (I don’t subscribe to any sub in a multireddit) - for the same reason that Lists are limited in value on Mastodon: there appears to be a “safety and privacy” policy in place that prevents you from adding accounts to a List that you’re not subscribed to.
The only reason I use them is to remove their noise from my feed/timeline. Looking at you, Cory Doctorow… 👀
Maybe it will change, or maybe it will be different here (threadiverse) compared to Mastodon. I guess we’ll see.
This is pretty much what I’m doing.
If sub.rehab shows 5 threadiverse alternatives for a subreddit, I’ll have a look at each and often sub to 2-3 with the highest subscriber count/posts I like. I’ll then monitor them over time to see which, if any, to unsub from.
I have zero problem with curated or algorithmic timelines. I have a 100% problem when there isn’t a chronology timeline option.
It’s simple really: give me the permanent option of chronological without the dark pattern fuckery of having to reset it periodically, or fuck off forever.