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Eli5: Why do people doomscroll on social media? What’s the psychology behind it?

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Em_Adespoton commented August 2, 2022

Curiosity combined with new information without effort.

It’s the same psychology that goes into gambling or collecting things. In this case, the collection is useless information.

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