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I doom scrolling Flathub (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Found a lot of interesting softwares in there, I might make a list of interesting and potentially useful softwares I discovered

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I think that’s just regular scrolling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling (emphasis mine):

Doomscrolling is the act of spending an excessive amount of time on digital content (e.g. short-form content, user-generated content, AI-generated content, and news) that elicit negative emotions. The concept was coined around 2018, and became more widespread in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the pandemic was accompanied by widespread misleading information, conspiracy theories, and false reports, which it referred to as an "infodemic".

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe but I did scroll and install/testing softwares for 3 hours, I also learn how to compile simpler software from sources that don't have any build instruction because some of the stuff I found only available on flathub. There's a few vibe coded softwares too despite Flathub banning ai generated code

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 21 hours ago

I mean, you found useful software and learned something new? I'd call it nascency scrolling or smth

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

It's doomscrolling if you're a fan of appimages and static binaries like myself

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

So Lemmy?

[–] CrumblyLiquid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I think the meaning has shifted a bit (at least from my experience) to basically mean "spending an excessive amount of time on some digital content (usually rapidly switching from one piece to another)".

Of course this depends on the person I'm talking with but it seems to me that a lot of people are using it as I described above.