Nobody is whining about getting reactions, they are pointing out that going back to 3 year old posts to give reactions to fill the notification bell with a count that shoves every other notification away is an attempt to control the user experience for another user. So I am giving them control of whether or not they get notified every time another user reacts.
They want most reaction notifications, they don't want their notification count full of just that. They can still see those reactions on their reactions page they still count for their "score"...
Reactions page:
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/account/reactions
Those folks get to continue reacting, building that "neg rep" for their favorite enemy, and the user gets to use the board the way they want to. Adding features for users that give them more control over their experience is a good thing.
