Alternative to doom scrolling?

Question

Hi everyone, I'm building a platform product and I'm implementing a feed scroll for it. But personally I'm against doom scrolling as I've wasted a lot of my time on Instagram but I can't think of any other viable alternatives.
Although my platform is productive I just wanted to ask is there something other than doom scrolling to keep up to date on a platform without taking a toll on users?
Let me know anything regarding this. It might save some of my future users from wasting more time than necessary.
Thanks

Yeshwanth Reddy K · Accepted Answer

@solyou Maybe I wasn't clear enough but the question was about alternatives to doom scroll on a platform app. Facebook, twitter and every platform or community has doom scroll, I'm just asking if there is something else which takes less toll on a user to implement for a platform all the while helping people stay up to date on the platform.

Yeshwanth Reddy K · Answer

@busmark_w_nika Thanks Nika, but guess I wasn't clear. My question is not about how not to do doom scrolling. My question is from a platform stand point like twitter or Facebook, what is alternative to doom scrolling to keep up to date in a platform. I mean every platform has doom scrolls, I just wanted to know and maybe try if there is an alternative for platforms to implement.

My Phung · Answer

If you're interested in being up to date on info there are many alternatives. You can subscribe to a newsletter. There's millions out there.

Social media platforms compete on user's attention. They have fleets of hundreds of the smartest engineers to keep you on the app for one more second. It's for profits in the end

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

@owlmaniac Sorry didn't understand it at first. So you mean something like "balanced information", or sorting the feed without unnecessary scrolling so that you receive the most relevant content, yes? If yes, I haven't discovered something like that. When I want to sort information, for Twitter (eg) – I use X Pro to select "Tabs" I want to follow as the priority + filter topics in Settings and set reminders for accounts I want to follow. Unfortunately, haven't found the 3rd party platform that would be offering this + for more than one social media platform. But think it would be great to have something like this "smart social media/content management platform" that would gather "the best of".

KrainFow · Answer

I think there are a lot of AI services now that can help you with platform selection and can find alternatives to scrolling.

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

minimalist phone for Android :)

Gurkaran Singh · Answer

Hey there! Why not sprinkle some "scrolls of knowledge" instead of falling into the abyss of doom scrolling? Think of it as feeding your brain with nutritious content instead of junk food for the mind! Time to level up that feed game!

Yeshwanth Reddy K · Answer

@my_phung True but my question was about alternative to doom scroll. I'm building a platform and I inevitably have to create a scroll, but I'm just looking around to see if there is something else other than doom scroll which helps users keep up to date on my platform without doom scroll.

Alternative to doom scrolling?

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