@fu The centralized corporate socnets do research on how to make it addicting. As for Fediverse / Nostr / Diaspora / Bluesky / FarCaster etc I don't know.

As for e-mail, even with spam filtering, the majority are not things I want to see.

*DING!*

Another WordPress emergency update? Click here to confirm my account or my Ebay account will be closed? Another Nigerian prince wants to send my money? A forwarded message about Dr So and so's revolutionary hemmorhoid prevention formula?

I quite understand why someone doesn't get excited over such things.