I’m not a really a social media person, so in a way I think I’m ignorant of the cultures that persisted on Reddit, Twitter etc.
I don’t think I ever realised how much Reddit users were after a lurking doom scrolling experience. I understand it, but honestly, at some point you surely look at yourself and wonder whether this is worth doing. But then I hear about people here scrolling through All and wanting the slickest mobile app and realise that that’s what some people here want too. Which, I suspect, comes back to karma farming … who’s making posts suitable for doom scrollers? People who want upvotes? It’s not a great culture overall TBH (if I’m on to something here), and it’s something where a microblog platform really does have a leg up.