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I'll emphasize a point you alluded to: tab hoarding is driven partly by the algorithmic instability of served content. If pages didn't refresh on the platform's
by yterdy 3y ago
I'll emphasize a point you alluded to: tab hoarding is driven partly by the algorithmic instability of served content. If pages didn't refresh on the platform's whims, users could navigate back and forth to hub pages, like they used to. Now, it's unlikely that Youtube or Twitter's feed pages will be the same even two minutes apart, and they're designed to serve you content that you enjoy. The only way to ensure that you have access to that content is to immediately open every link that seems halfway interesting; otherwise, they're liable to disappear into the ether, never to be found again.
That the modern web is designed to encourage addiction and OCD is not my fault.
- anjel 3y agoYou left out interruption of thought and process as a design goal. Long term it does wonders for ADD, even if you didn't have it in the first place.
- itissid 3y agoI actually find grouping tabs into one tab in the UI and then color coding helps ADD people who see all the work piled up. But in reality most tabs are either distractions or we dont return to them for a long time until other tasks are done. I think chrome has this. Grouping can manage the clutter at the least if not solve the problem of diverted attention.