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Passive Consumption Mode

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A semi-conscious viewing state in which content is technically being watched but not actively processed, retained, or chosen — the feed simply continues while attention idles.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"I genuinely could not tell you what I watched for the last half hour. Full passive consumption mode."

LORE & ORIGIN

Distinguished by digital-wellness writers from regular passive entertainment (like background TV) by its algorithmic component: the feed actively adapts to keep idling attention from fully disengaging, sustaining the mode rather than letting it lapse into actual rest.

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2022
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2023-2026 (Autoplay Era)
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