>>938705102
Honestly 4chan is a lot more like social media slop and doomscrolling than people seem to realise. Obviously there are key differences but the draw of loading up a site where a continuous stream of content that you don't expect (or at least aren't 100% sure what will appear) that hits the ol' dopamine. That is what draws me to 4chan 90% of the time when I have stopped using it for a while - boredom and lack of motivation to do something that I still want to do but isn't as stimulating and easily passive like reading a book, going outside somewhere, playing a game or whatever.

It can become habit (even when you haven't done it for a while) to just flip open your browser and load up 4chan because it is some easy stimulation in the same way people start scrolling forever on instagram or tikok or youtube shorts. It is low effort trash. People here perhaps realise it is a waste of time and harmful more than social media scrollers because it has a larger stigma (outside normal) and has some fucked up shit on it but it is a similar phenomenon.