UF study finds ‘doomscrolling’ is a unique behavior

Doomscrollers great name for band.

Doomscrolling was a lot harder in the early 80's using Usenet instead of the 'web'. 40+ years ago I was (doom)prepping for the USSR breakup in text mode. :)

UF retards late to the game.

A new University of Florida study has found that “doomscrolling” — a term used to describe the concept of binging on negative news — is a new and unique behavior, and not just another trendy, clickbaity phrase.
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Taking in warning information because the government has gotten us in a mess and we wonder what other mess they are going to do at any moment.