Okay wow yeah this is the way. A couple of weeks, bullshit, one hour and I'm already going wtf that other way of doing it is just flat-out wrong

* You can follow WAY more people without your timeline getting overwhelmed - OR - follow the same number of people, you'll see all of everyone's posts and be all caught up very quickly
* You see, exclusively, posts from people you actually want to see posts from
* You see the things that these favoured people posted while doing a thing or thinking about a thing, not just stuff they found while they were stroking their phone on the toilet
* Moving from Home tab to Boosts tab is a conscious "Yes I'm out of good stuff but not yet Satisfied, bring on the lower-quality stuff that there's more of," and that is a good reminder to Stop