Twitter lists is my favourite way of using  the site 

 You can choose between only your follows or the "For You" algo 

 Ah, got it. I thought he meant that the 'For you' page algo itself could be changed, which is why I was confused 

 There is also "show less of this" but with mixed results  

 Oh yes, I've been using that. It's been effective for me in recent times. It used to be quite unresponsive.