Bluesky is ushering in a pick-your-own algorithm era of social media

They control the level because they need users to remain on the site for as long as possible. They'll do a better job of that then if the user has control.

You might have a better experience if you could set your own level of discovery but your session could also be shorter and that's unacceptable to an advertising company that needs your eyeballs for as long as possible.

Just ask Facebook why I could never see only my friends posts and then twisting the knife by showing me "suggested" click bait junk before it had even exhausted the posts available from my friends.