[vmoore]

> the average user who is there just for the memes and doom scrolling the latest news.

Most platforms are only still alive because of the doomscrollers. They contribute a large chunk towards the DAUs (Daily active users). Ragebait and infinite scrolling just to get eyeballs on ADs is a terrible business model though. There has to be some other model that brings in revenue. Mastodon is coasting along nicely on donations and pocket money, but, still it has its issues.

[vangelis]

Coomscrollers? Reddit aggregates a lot of NSFW material.

[over_bridge]

I'm still unhappy about them removing NSFW from r/all.

Back in the day I could keep scrolling until my feed was majority dongs, and that would be the end of Reddit for the day. No regrets about signing off. It was like a perfect equal and opposite force to balance my addiction.