You may set up a random redirect :) For example reddit.com redirects to lemmy.ml every time with probability 1/3. Or redirect with a switch. The last option is easy to set up, there are extensions for this.
I let myself be sad. I think about things which made me sad, listen to sad music, read sad stories etc. Sometimes it makes me cry. Sadness goes away pretty fast. I believe that’s because I don’t push myself.
It’s crucial to understand that sadness is a normal feeling and one should accept it. Unless you are said every day no matter what.
There are some partial solutions to this. For example this extension blocks specified sites from appearing in google search: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublacklist/
Doing it manually is definitely burdensome, better use some software. Idk which software to use really, but speech recognition is a common problem, I’m sure you will find something. You need software to run locally in order to transcribe a long video for free, there are such solutions as well.
I doubt that online transcribers will transcribe long videos without pay. AFAIK speech recognition is computationally heavy.
Is it worth it? I think there are many solutions for federated blogging.
I thinks it’s better to focus on lemmy itself as a reddit alternative as it’s the only one (or almost) in the scene.