Ethan Jacobs [@ethanjacobslaw]. OK doomscrolling is bad but have you SEEN the quality of the doom this week? January 2021. URL: https://twitter.com/ethanjacobslaw/status/1347434641540538368 (visited on 2023-12-08).
This is a perfect example on why people doom scroll. People like escaping the reality of the state of the world we live in sometimes, and want to not think about it to keep their emotions stable.
Tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing. Many people are finding themselves reading continuously bad news about COVID-19 without the ability to stop or step back.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary [m8]
I myself have been guilty of doomscrolling before. It has led to me going away from my responsibilities and doom scroll because it’s comfortable.
That is, What is moral is to do what makes the most people the most happy.
Morals cannot always be to do what makes people happy. That would mean you would have to change what’s right and wrong with every single person you meet. What happens when you’re with multiple people, and someone liked something when the other person doesn’t? This mindset is a fallacy, because what could be “correct” in someone’s eyes doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do.
“We’re not making it for that reason but the way ppl choose to use it isn’t our fault. Safeguard will develop.” But tech is moving so fast.
Programmers making online software without any consideration/guidelines of the wrong hands coming across their platform still inflicts a sense of responsibility. Their lack of empathy/ignorance of the whole situation is an example of weaponized incompetence. As creators of the platform, you have to know what can and will go wrong without correct safety measures. It’s not only crucial for building a network model, but basic planning in general.