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Alifatisktoday at 10:31 AM1 replyview on HN

”The effects of consuming negative news during the workday can linger in employees' minds long after they stop scrolling.”

Doomscroll doesn’t necessarily have to be about negative news. I don’t have any social medias but I’ve seen my friends feed, they are pure brainrot.


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lukantoday at 10:38 AM

"Doomscroll doesn’t necessarily have to be about negative news. "

Taking the name literal, it does. But sure, endlessly scrolling positive news while being in a zombi state in reality, is doom as well.

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