Digital distractions
Digital distraction pages explain the loops, signals, and environments that pull attention around modern apps, websites, feeds, and alerts.
Doomscrolling
Doomscrolling is the habit of continuing to scroll through negative or alarming online content well past the point where it provides useful information.
Notification fatigue
Notification fatigue is the reduced attention or responsiveness that develops when repeated alerts compete for attention, so each individual alert carries less weight.
Notification overload
Notification overload is a state in which the number, frequency, or urgency of incoming alerts exceeds what a person can usefully process.
Email checking
Email checking is the habit of repeatedly opening an inbox to look for new messages or unresolved work, often more frequently than incoming mail requires.
Social media checking
Social media checking is the repeated act of opening social platforms to look for updates, messages, feeds, or reactions, often returning more often than new activity warrants.