Drama needs an audience. Leave your seat empty and watch the show lose its budget.

Conflict that runs on attention only continues while people are watching. The screenshots, the vague posts, the sides being picked, all of it needs a crowd to be worth performing for. Remove one seat and the production gets measurably cheaper, which is why whoever is running it works so hard to keep you in the room.

When something flares up, try being the person who does not ask for details. No screenshot, no forward, no reaction added. It will feel like missing out for about two days. After that it mostly feels like free time.