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		Lammy on Aug 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption... You can't have the behavior without the mechanism. To me "doom scrolling" is infinite scrolling plus algorithmically-sorted feed, way worse than infinitely-scrolling a chronological feed where people will stop and go do something else as soon as they see anything for a second time.

Ensorceled on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

But that is NOT what it means to everybody else, so you will confuse people if you use it "your" way.

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