I use old.reddit.com and have a heavily filtered r/all for general news (which I could do without), and specifically participating in discussions that are almost entirely text around what may or may not be a text post.
Other people use it like an image board or video feed.
I do agree that reducing the amount of media can mitigate junk, though.
I used this method on reddit myself. It's just a userstyle, so I turn it off occasionally, but it makes it a voluntary action I have to turn back on if I want to see it.
Helped out, I think. Along with carefully practicing not escalating and picking when to just not comment.
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