Though this "problem" with Twitter algorithms isn't new, with Musk on board PsyOping the public these sort of reports will begin propagating more.
Note that this tweet was promoted, meaning paid for in order to increase reach. One of the issues with authoritarian control of free speech, as Elon calls it, is his ability to suppress and/or eliminate it so only he and those he wants to have speech can do so freely. This is why he called all the white supremacists back giving homage to Hitler, Nazis, $8Chan, 4Chan, antisemitics, and his people heavily, tried to bait Trump into crushing Truth Social and grabbing his followers by the p— so as to turn his radicalization engine on full bore with “all the best people” in one place.
This is factual. I found myself disconnected to most of the best accounts, so added them to lists to beat the algorithms meant to push danger towards my feed. I found myself having muted Eric Garland, something I would never have done at the time as his feed often regurgitates DOJ indictments saving me time and effort of needing to look those up for myself.
This above chart, likely due in part to the Nazi recruitment efforts of Elon Musk that should push up the GOP extreme leadership like MTG, Gym Jordan, and Fat Wolverine who runs to Mexico when it is cold, does not explain the significant drop offs of Dem leaders, particularly favored Bernie Sanders of the far left extreme of the political spectrum.
Bernie should theoretically hold onto far more accounts because of his populist appeal and usefulness as a socialist foil benefiting of the right’s demonization agenda. Most likely the drop offs have to do with deactivations, and the clearing out of smart good people from the radicalization engine platform Twitter is. However, there is plenty of evidence that something algorithmically is afoot.
There were gobs of smaller accounts that noted they had been forced unfollows, mutes, etc. The whole thing is very similar to what Louise Mensch’s Blocklists accomplished.
Between this and the flood of disinformation, racism and suicide trolling, I highly recommend joining other social media as Twitter no longer is reliable, safe, or free.