I plan to check out the federated networks this weekend. I actually gave Reddit up for the entire summer last year and didn't miss it at the time. I came back i

I plan to check out the federated networks this weekend. I actually gave Reddit up for the entire summer last year and didn't miss it at the time. I came back in the winter because I get bored and have no outdoor activities. It was really strange going back because I realized how much I hated it and how much Reddit aggravates me. It seems to make me angry all the time. I mostly participate in smaller subs, like my local city one, but the experience of it has gone sharply downhill this year because of new rules that the moderators added. My time off also gave me a greater appreciation for this site and the lack of notifications. On my days of heavy Reddit usage and my notifications going off I accomplished absolutely nothing except arguing with people and I realize that's all I do on the site. Even disabling inbox notifications wasn't enough because it was so friction-free to get to comments and check the context. It's much easier here to ignore comment replies and not get into arguments with everyone. I think it's because you don't get notifications, there's a couple of clicks to see your comments, sometimes you can't even reply in the thread of a story without going to the comment directly, and sometimes you can't reply from your comments page. I think that's a great thing to. It gives you just enough friction to think "Is this comment really worth it?" and not reply. Or you forgot about the comment until 2 days later and it's not worth replying back because that person won't get a notification and is unlikely to check their slapfights from 2 days ago. It made me realize I really appreciated the slow pace of forums back in the day and that little bit of friction. It's effective in stopping a lot of snap replies the instant I read a comment. Even deleting my Reddit app helps a ton because I can't stand the mobile site on new or old and trying to type a comment on the site is a huge pain especially if it's longer or needs formatting. edit for a joke: on Reddit I'd fear and expect a clapback like > I think that's a great thing to. If you don't know the difference between two, to, and too how can you possibly understand how to <insert basic task>? That doesn't exist here. It's pretty likely I'm going to get a reply back that's a well reasoned and mostly airtight argument. It's probably going to contain something I will have to fully read and think about. When your substantive comment is met with an equally substantive comment it's more likely for me to think "am I the one who's wrong here?" and actually consider that. When I read a flippant clapback the answer is "no, it's the kids who are wrong".