Why the internet feels different now

[SamuelAdams]

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Why The Internet Feels Different Now | AI, Doomscrolling, Algorithms & Human Psychology

Momocracy

Have you noticed that the internet feels different now?

People feel more anxious, emotionally exhausted, addicted to scrolling, overwhelmed by information, and constantly overstimulated. In this video, we explore how social media algorithms, AI systems, doomscrolling, outrage culture, and the attention economy may be rewiring human psychology in real time.

This is a deep psychological analysis of:

doomscrolling
AI and human behavior
social media addiction
TikTok and attention spans
algorithmic manipulation
emotional exhaustion
outrage culture
digital anxiety
dopamine and scrolling
AI-generated content
surveillance capitalism
online polarization
internet burnout
attention economy
psychological overload
social media and mental health
human attention in the AI era

We are living through the first era in human history where billions of people are connected to systems competing for their attention, emotions, fear, outrage, and psychological vulnerability every second of the day.

And maybe that’s why so many people feel like something changed.

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[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Yup.

The doomscrolling is a big issue for me. I periodically have to go in search of totally “pointless” things to recenter myself—watching birds build nests and hatching babies, cat videos, gardening stuff, art, music, moronically funny things.

Used to be a once-in-a-while thing but now I have to do this several times a day (unemployment is NOT helping…)

[vapor2]

2. I have to read almost everything so I know how soon I have to finish packing

Maybe I want to be one of the first to know when he croaks

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread SamuelAdams

[Aussie105]

4. It's infected!

Me, in the early days: Oh wow, all this information available to me!

Now: Too much information and no way to tell if someone has a slanted agenda!

Gave up on reading newspapers and watching TV news because it is all too much - anxiety inducing, mental overload, bad stuff I can do nothing about.
And this forum is no exception.

Might have to up my diet of cute cat & dog videos though.

"We are living through the first era in human history where billions of people are connected to systems competing for their attention, emotions, fear, outrage, and psychological vulnerability every second of the day."

Sums it up well.

Disconnect, work through the withdrawal feelings, and feel better once out the other side.

[FiveFifteen]

5. All too much

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