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Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by tokyobreakfast on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:18PM (#47009752)
Empathy? For the doomscrollers?

Please tell me you're trolling, Mr. 6-day-old Account, I'll feel better.

If "scrolling == heroin" is the comparison we're working with here, then SF, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver BC are living examples that empathy doesn't work.

Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by happytoexplain on Friday February 13, 2026 @07:34PM (#47009900)
Why write like this? This is what sick internet communities look like. Mocking people for their account age, advocating for hating people for the sin of being addicted to social media. This is antisocial behavior, and we should do everything in our power to eject it from the small remaining pockets of sanity on the internet.
Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by tokyobreakfast on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:08PM (#47010201)
If we weren't meant to judge someone for his account age, it wouldn't show up in green.

Social media addiction is a mental illness worthy of public mockery. Imagine if alcoholism could be cured by putting your phone in a drawer.

Enough with the melodrama. Grow up.

Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by thunderfork on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:37PM (#47010498)
By this logic, you can cure alcoholism by simply not buying alcohol, surely.
Re:The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling by ahhhhnoooo on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:17PM (#47020181)
Someone hurt this person, I suspect. And it has left them bitter, resentful, and angry at anything that gets in their path.

They probably don't like that someone is challenging their ability to be neighborly, follow the golden rule, etc. because it conflicts with their mental model of themself.

I hope someday they will introspect and realize that we are all humans, and all humans deserve wellbeing, even those whose choices, opinions, or situation we disagree with or find unpleasant.