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Addiction to scrolling

That’s probably not it. I still have Twitter because the people I follow are on there (mostly music artists). I’ve never opened the algorithmic feed. There is also a huge chance that much of the activity you see are bots. I have 0 posts and 2000 followers somehow. No way they’re human

It's not it for you, but it sounds like you are more of an edge case. I think it is true for a lot of people.

I don't see any activity myself, I don't use Twitter any more. I had an addiction which peaked with the UK 2019 election and I had to quit after that. It's an awful drug which gives no high and terrible side effects.

Please be aware that the both of you don’t know, unless you’re not mentioning any studies on purpose. You’re both projecting your own subjective experience onto an entire community.

You’re right. Did some googling and it seems I’m wrong.

https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/doomscrolling-impact...

> 53% of Gen Z “doomscroll” and 31% of adults in general do so.

Now I understand how Facebook/Twitter are worth so much. This is crazy

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