Yes. This. Changing your replies to followers only makes a huge difference for larger accounts. The only "downside" is once a month or so someone who can't read/follow instructions yells "this fucker turned off comments!" at you. It's better than many more randos missing the point & yelling though.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6hit5rjdbmlnscmuk4bbtmuc/post/3m64g3tnc3s2h
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64i7di4vk2n on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)
i fully endorse "followers only" bc if someone starts saying you turned off replies you can be fairly confident they cant read
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3m64i7di4vk2n