Trending topics, your friend liked/replied to this, your friend follows this person, we think you'll like this tweet... all of these things show up in your Twitter timeline now, without having followed any of the people they're showing you.
I mentioned this in another reply but maybe taking Twitter private enables Musk to make changes to the timeline that hurt profit (ad sales) but produce a better community or "public square". If you don't have to answer to a stock price then options open up.
You are 100% correct and most of us think that way. There are some people though that think just the ability to say terrible things or even just things they strongly disagree with is proof of the collapse of society and will lead to the end of all things. This is not meant as an attack on these people that feel this way as I think they are just unable to control themselves, and I think have just never been able to adapt to the concept of social media. They ruin their lives obsessing over what others may be posting or saying and how dare the rest of us not be outraged as well. I had a sibling disown my entire family over something like this.
