#social-media-fatigue

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Digital life
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

Psychology says the people who feel exhausted after scrolling aren't lazy, their brains are processing thousands of micro-decisions that were designed to feel like nothing - Silicon Canals

Social media scrolling causes mental fatigue through thousands of micro-decisions engineered to feel invisible, depleting cognitive resources despite appearing effortless.
Gadgets
fromFortune
2 months ago

Amazon's Alexa chief predicts an end to doom scrolling: the next generation is 'going to just think differently' | Fortune

Smartphone-centered app experiences will decline as younger users prefer ambient intelligence that makes technology disappear, enabling seamless, context-aware voice interactions across devices, bodies, and homes.
fromIndependent
3 months ago

Saoirse Hanley: I have been in the same room, even on the same couch, as the people I love and felt alone because we're scrolling our phones separately

Like many, I have definitely experienced symptoms of chronic Instagram Story fatigue. I regularly open the app, take a 30-minute swipe through pictures of dogs and babies and nice dinners and influencer events and political statements and then shut the app down feeling like I've gained nothing. Then I open it back up to share a story or a column as if my post is somehow a particularly interesting one compared to everyone else's and therefore an exception to the rule... but I digress.
Social media marketing
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