I'd at least hope you were arguing in good faith, but you're obviously not
Can't you just say "I disagree with you" instead of accusing people of arguing in bad faith? What's so hard with explaining why you left reddit?
Being in an instance with people who share similar topics is fine. Defederating from general instances, though, just puts you in a small bubble.
Wow, what a colossal waste of time it was. I spent time explaining the thing and that's all I've got in return.
I don't understand why you reject that any other solution other than defederation might work when it has worked for Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc.
The mass of content is different, the type of content is different. I don't know why you compare them. Reddit is the closest example of what we are aiming for and you refused to answer why you left reddit.