Platforms like this are mostly sort of for self centered people, or those willing to follow self centered people. It's why I couldn't get into Twitter back in the day either. I just don't have anything to say about my life, and I'm not interested in the life of others. And for things like news aggregation or specific topics there's just other platforms that fit better for that task, like our infamous Reddit or its fediverse alternatives like Kbin & Lemmy.