Just say no to doomscrolling

[MineralMan]

8. It's so easy to get caught up in it.

Whatever major outlet you're using, it will notice what you're looking at and present you with more of that to keep your engagement high. The presentation algorithms on all of the major social media systems focuses on that to a fault.

On Facebook, for example, there is a user option you can set to turn that off. If you turn off Facebook's use of your viewing history, the site won't keep as close a track on what you're viewing and you'll see a wider range of stuff in your feed. Getting to that setting, though, isn't easy. It's different on different apps, too.

YouTube has similar methods for feeding you videos that are similar to the ones you have recently watched. It's uncanny just how well the algorithms presentation algorithms work.