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Are you the kind of guy to pour milk in before the cereal?

In terms of an optimal load spread, it's best if the lemmiverse is split into multiple equally sized instances. If you use an instance just for yourself, it doesn't actually decrease the load on the main servers in any way. The only thing you get is a guarantee that your instance won't suddenly go down.

Does "Reject All" also object to legitimate interest?

Thunderbird. Also use it for RSS feeds.

As more and more people get direct fibre optic connections, this advantage will get smaller and smaller...