What Does This Mean?
The self-perpetuating cycle of compulsively scrolling through negative or anxiety-inducing news and content, where each scroll's search for resolution only surfaces more distressing material, extending the loop instead of closing it.
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"I opened the app to check one notification and surfaced ninety minutes later having learned about four different disasters. Classic doomscroll loop."
LORE & ORIGIN
Builds directly on 'doomscrolling' (popularized in 2020 during early pandemic news cycles), 'doomscroll loop' names the specific mechanic identified by attention-economy researchers: the behavior doesn't stop at bad news, it structurally can't, because the next scroll is always positioned as the one that might finally resolve the anxiety.
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