@Angle It's true, but having a flexible enough system to allow for multiple customizable algorithms is a much harder ask than having just one alternative to the "reverse-chron" order.

Friendica currently has 3 sort options, which is 2 more than it really needs:

• A sort by post date, which buries boosts down your timeline ❌
• A sort by activity, where likes and comments bring full conversations back to the top of your timeline. There's no way of knowing exactly what made the conversation pop back. ❌
• A sort by reception date, which is always consistent no matter the activity or the boosts. ✔

I'm way more in favor of lists to group a large number of follows by theme than an algorithm which, if it isn't a simple sort order, will drop posts from your follows. And this is a big no-no for me. If I miss a post from someone I follow, I want it to be because of me, not because of the software I use.