My trick to staying sane is simply cutting out the algorithm. I use platforms where I'm in control of my feed. When I go to old.reddit.com, I know exactly what kind of subs will be on my screen. I unsubbed from the big outrage farming subs years ago and I have a pretty chill time on reddit. I also use Tumblr. It defaults to my "following" feed and I only see chill content and curated recommendations. Anytime I look into the most popular content on the platform, I'm honestly confused as to what people are arguing about over there.

Substack Notes on the other hand is trying to force their algorithmically recommended ragebait on me at every turn. Even when I click on a note on my "Following", the algorithm is sure to bring up some bullshit just below that that has thousands of likes and people arguing in the comments. I hate it so fucking much.