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> If the site turns into a cesspool and becomes unpleasant to be on,

That's already the case.

Also it's been only a few days since the layoffs. If you laid off half the doctors/residents in a busy hospital, patients may not start dropping like flies right away. That doesn't mean the hospital is able to function effectively. It takes time for technical issues to develop and trigger problems in the rest of the system.

Twitter has lot of algorithmic control already and it has worked pretty good for more than decade. This is not to say more staffing wouldn’t be useful and improve experience but I don’t think Twitter is in sudden risk of turning into cesspool any more than it was 5 years ago. People will always point to XYZ examples but you need to look at big picture.