As a scientist, I use social media (originally Twitter, now Bluesky) to engage with others, both scientists and non-scientists. I have learned a lot over the years from these engagements, but I share many of the same frustrations that you describe.
Commercial social media, for obvious reasons, prioritizes algorithms that help drive revenue rather than truly benefit the user. The open protocols avoid such algorithms, but there is no clear alternative option to curate your feeds. The "firehose" approach of seeing all posts of your followees does not scale well. As you note, it is hard to engage effectively with many hundreds of followees.
I am currently trying to develop a tool that allows me to curate my own feed organically so that I see more of what I think is beneficial and less of what is not. This will allow me to engage with many more people, while still limiting the total number of posts I view every day. It is a work in progress and not yet usable by others, but I hope to complete it soon.
The original attempt is described here.
The current code (in progress) is here.
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Self-curating to improve the social media experience
As a scientist, I use social media (originally Twitter, now Bluesky) to engage with others, both scientists and non-scientists. I have learned a lot over the years from these engagements, but I share many of the same frustrations that you describe. Commercial social media, for obvious reasons, prioritizes algorithms that help drive revenue rather than truly benefit the user. The open protocols avoid such algorithms, but there is no clear alternative option to curate your feeds. The "firehose" approach of seeing all posts of your followees does not scale well. As you note, it is hard to engage effectively with many hundreds of followees. I am currently trying to develop a tool that allows me to curate my own feed organically so that I see more of what I think is beneficial and less of what is not. This will allow me to engage with many more people, while still limiting the total number of posts I view every day. It is a work in progress and not yet usable by others, but I hope to complete it soon. The original attempt is described here. The current code (in progress) is here.