For example, Agarwal et al. make a very similar point in this 2024 paper, writing that "users tend to return to a platform in the long run if it creates utility for them, while pure engagement-driven interactions may affect user return in the short term but will not have a lasting effect." In a recent experiment, Milli et al. studied how people feel about tweets chosen in three different ways: with the usual behavior-based algorithms, with the tweets picked in simple chronological order, and with tweets cherry-picked based on the users' explicit preferences. These should be chosen based on the choices the user made in the past or on choices popular with other users if there isn't enough personal historical data yet.