It’s smaller, and so there is less temptation to scroll when most of the posts I see are the same posts I saw yesterday.

Same here. Plus, there’s no algorithm trying to suck you in. Anytime I make the rare visit to Reddit to check things like r/skyrimmods I have to actively avoid clicking on anything besides what I’m lookibg for, lest I waste the next hour scrolling and hating every minute of it