I mostly meant notifications for daily stacking, but it applies for upvotes too. The main problem is checking notifications constantly where there's nothing actionable, but it also adds a lot of noise to the notifications page which makes it harder to keep track of comments you want to read/reply to. Maybe separate things out on the notifications page — one column or tab that has a granular vanity feed of rewards, and one that has a reverse chronological feed of replies.

I like that comment disincentivization strategy. Home page is ~1s, notifications are slower (see point #1, I spend more time there than on the home page).