Turning my ESP32 into a DNS sinkhole to fight doomscrolling

1. palata ◴[03 Mar 25 00:14 UTC] No.43236789[source]▶

>>43204091 (OP) #

> For the uninitiated, doomscrolling is essentially when one passively scrolls through endless feeds of content on social media until eventually stopping to realize that they've wasted the last five minutes of their life doing something entirely unproductive.

This is wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling

"Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media."

In other words, doomscrolling is about scrolling the bad news, specifically. Like covid-19 or war.

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2. ◴[03 Mar 25 00:25 UTC] No.43236888[source]▶

>>43236789 (TP) #

3. ivanmontillam ◴[03 Mar 25 00:25 UTC] No.43236894[source]▶

>>43236789 (TP) #

If you read the 2nd paragraph of the very article you cited, you'll also see it says:

  "Doomscrolling can also be defined as the excessive consumption of short-form videos or social media content for an excessive period of time without stopping."

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4. palata ◴[03 Mar 25 10:47 UTC] No.43240484[source]▶

>>43236894 #

[citation needed] :)

5. ultrafez ◴[03 Mar 25 14:27 UTC] No.43242042[source]▶

>>43236789 (TP) #

Anecdotally, I've heard the term "doomscrolling" being used by a reasonable number of different people in different circles to refer to passively consuming "bitesize" content (e.g. social media, short text posts or short videos) for extended periods of time, regardless of content.

If you look at the definitions on Urban Dictionary[1], the ones from 2020/2021 are in the same vein as what you've described and what Wikipedia says, but more recent 2024/2025 definitions generalise the concept and lose the "negative news" element.

Always fascinating how language evolves and how quickly the meaning of words can change.

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doomscrollin...

6. TZubiri ◴[03 Mar 25 23:08 UTC] No.43247941[source]▶

>>43236789 (TP) #

"This is wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling"

Yes, wikipedia is wrong, it happens.

Policies work great for encyclopedic content. But it turns out that finding a source for a new term does more to cement an early meaning of the word than help people understand its evolution.

Maybe try urban dictionary?

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7. TZubiri ◴[03 Mar 25 23:10 UTC] No.43247961[source]▶

>>43247941 #

http://doomscroll.urbanup.com/18433219

Nailed it