Why Doomscrolling Is So Addictive
The narrator of Honkology explained why doomscrolling is so addictive through a very tired animated goose who likes to procrastinate because of his constant need to be online, even though it's not all that enjoyable anymore.
Why you can't stop scrolling: the bottomless feed, the slot machine in your pocket, the red dot, autoplay, the doom in doomscrolling, and revenge bedtime procrastination.
He also offered helpful suggestions for breaking that mentally toxic cycle, like turning the phone's screen gray, which one study found saves 38 minutes of screen time a day, along with a simple action and a very logical phrase.
Why Every App Gets Worse on PurposeFinal goose wisdom. The app isn't going to stop Goose. It doesn't get paid when Goose stops. Put the phone on the other side of the room. Goose's neck is long, but not that long. You don't have to finish the internet.
In a follow-up video, the goose explains why apps lure users in with free bread before squeezing them, a cycle that Cory Doctorow named and the goose calls en-honk-ification."
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