Yeah I canโt say I was bothered when LW defederated. Iโve gotten in way fewer stupid arguments since they did the same with Lemmygrad. IIRC LW didnโt even let hexbear federate in the first place.
This maybe a side effect of turning off the points experiment. Instead of getting dopamine from points I get inbox points. So it could be that I subconsciously make my comments in a way that is more likely to attract some kind of response.
Seems like a good strategy would be to not have every post and comment shown to you if your goal is to break your habit of spending too much time on your phone or PC.