The difference is in the material that you end up consuming. It's not necessarily an intentional act: it might be that... - the algorithms are pushing you dep

The difference is in the material that you end up consuming. It's not necessarily an intentional act: it might be that... - the algorithms are pushing you depressing/apocalyptic content, because it increases engagement - you intentionally followed people because of their technical or political insights... And these people (often because of world events), end up propagating depressing/apocalyptical news (this doesn't imply any ill intent on their part... It might be genocide, or it might be something milder as layoff, but if you're often writing about technical topics, mentioning layoffs in IT shouldn't be too surprising for anyone) PS: also of course from the name itself (doomscrolling), there's the acknowledgement that this is an activity that doesn't make you feel better. Which means that the non-intentionality interpretation should be considered more important. In fact, complaining about doomscrolling, can be seen either as criticism of modern media algorithms, or as criticism of the state of the world