Doomscrolling Meaning?
8.0BRAINROT SCOREDoomscrolling Compulsively scrolling through a feed of bad news or negative content well past the point of it being informative, unable to stop despite the content actively making you feel worse.
Origin:The base term behind the now-extensive doomscroll-themed vocabulary (doomscroll loop, doomspender, doomclicking), naming the original core behavior.
First Seen:2018
Peak Era:2026 (Social Media)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Catching Yourself Doomscrolling and Actually Putting the Phone Down) / -2 Aura (Doomscrolling Until 3am on a Work Night)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"Went to check one notification and ended up doomscrolling for an hour."
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