@StephenBHeard
This made me think. We are mutual Followers, your posts appear in my timeline, but I did not see them. I follow some 800 accounts, so this is unavoidable. The timeline is always full, and even if one attends to it regularly (as I do), posts come and go before you know it.
Is that necessarily bad?
I do try to manage the flow through lists and such, actively looking out for posts in certain areas, but ultimately the flow is the flow.
I realise that we must cherish this randomness, not regret it.
I carefully select whom I follow, so I can trust my timeline. I dip into the timeline when I am free, all posts are from trusted friends (or their boosts). I enjoy the posts i see, I engage with them and let things happen.
Inevitably I will miss posts, possibly important posts. That is not a weakness of the process, it is a sign of the richness of the flow. An abundance of trusted messages.
We must enjoy and celebrate the randomness.