Has anyone ever heard the term Doomsearch?

[roadman65]

I heard a radio personality say that when you scroll through social media to see what's posted and not reply, it's called Doomsearching.

Has anyone heard of this particular phrase of those who look, but not post?

[freebrickproductions]

I've heard it described as "doomscrolling" before, basically scrolling to keep-up with the latest of latest developments in any major new story, often causing a person to feel increasingly doomed, IIRC?

[Rothman]

To answer the question, yes.

[roadman65]

I've heard it described as "doomscrolling" before, basically scrolling to keep-up with the latest of latest developments in any major new story, often causing a person to feel increasingly doomed, IIRC?

I've heard it described as "doomscrolling" before, basically scrolling to keep-up with the latest of latest developments in any major new story, often causing a person to feel increasingly doomed, IIRC?

I was curious the name with the word doom in it.

I can relate, as I try to stay away from the news because I'm tired of hearing the gloom as well as phony click bait.  This year is going to be tough with the primaries, as candidates will spend millions on ads to remind us who is running for what ( as if we don't know already) and acting childish with name calling.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I've only ever heard of it being called "doomscrolling". The term came into vogue at the start of the pandemic when it seemed like there was nothing but bad news everywhere.

[epzik8]

I'm way too prone to doing it.

[J N Winkler]

Doomscrolling is the term I've heard, and I've always felt it has less to do with the content and more with the user interface design, specifically the "endless feed" and the constant cueing-up of new posts that are designed to keep your attention glued to the ad pipeline.

I do not consider it to be ethical for social media platforms to treat their users in this way, so I have pretty much abandoned all of them except Facebook, which I visit just twice a day and only with a Web browser that has the Fluff Busting Purity plugin, running on a laptop that has an ad-blocking HOSTS file.  (I am narrowly defining "social media" to exclude Web forums, which thankfully do not exploit the same dopamine loop.)

[JREwing78]

Doomscrolling is the term I've heard, and I've always felt it has less to do with the content and more with the user interface design, specifically the "endless feed" and the constant cueing-up of new posts that are designed to keep your attention glued to the ad pipeline.

That's the context I've always heard that reference in. A common complaint about YouTube, Twitter, and other is that, in the search for more clicks, they tend towards more negative (harmful) entries. If the user is a teenager, for instance, they lean hard into posts about body dysmorphia. If someone has a bent towards a political view, they cue up the most extreme versions of said viewpoint.