gambling vs doomscrolling

[YOSHIE]

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

Wait, what is the connection between gambling by reading negative news or doomscrolling that is intended.

Yes, both have mental pressure such as mental health problems, feelings of anxiety, feelings of fear, stress and so on, although the words are the same as gambling and doomscrolling but it is the incident in different negative factors and can be saiddifferent.

Conclusion: Gambling If you occur mental pressure that I mentioned above, has the meaning of your gambling stress, feelings of anxiety and so on caused by money lost in betting, While your doomscrolling experiences feelings of fear, stress due to negative events, meaning that the soul does not accept bad things that happen around us.

[Satofan44]

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

There is a mistake in the setup of this thread.  You are comparing an extreme form of scrolling to a general form of gambling. The question is what kind of gambling? To make it somewhat equivalent, you have to compare doomscrolling to addictive or obsessive gambling. Both actions are pretty terrible, but in that scenario obviously the gambling is much more dangerous.

If you like being on social media, there is nothing bad about be there if you have time for it, but the difference is that doomscrolling or what you call it is not involving money, but make sure social media does not affect your work and your sleep.

What are you talking about? Social media has a massive negative impact on every psychological metric and several physiological metrics like sleep.

[Odohu]

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of user-generated content or news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

I have tried to do a little reading about doomscrolling but I did not see any connection between gambling and that, at least from my understanding of gambling. Gambling is business and doomscrolling is just keeping yourself busy on social media with bad news according to your explanation, how do they relate? Or are you suggesting that gambling is a bad thing? Gambling is not bad, people are making a fortune from gambling, how you do it is what matters.

[Fiatless]

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

Engaging in both activities excessively is unhealthy. Gambling addiction might affect the financial, emotional, and mental health of an individual. Doomscrolling might harm the emotional state of an addict. I live in a country where crimes like kidnapping are high. Reading the news uncontrollably could infuse fear in an individual which could affect mental or emotional well-being. The truth is, no form of addiction is better. So it is better not to be addicted to any of these activities.    

[Agbamoni]

I dont see how gambling and doom scrolling are related. Anyway, they both can be addictive and I think thats where you are driving at.

Since gambling and doom scrolling can be very addictive, they are both dangerous. Everything addictive in general is not good because it can have a harmful effect on the individual that was addicted.

[Porfirii]

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of user-generated content or news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

This is not the first time that I read the analogy between infinite scrolling and slots, and it makes sense because the dopamine argument you've mentioned, because they both are designed to catch your attention and encourage obsessive behaviour.

It's obvious that engaging in these two activities in excess is unhealthy, but answering the question about which one is worse is not an easy task. On one hand, you can lose money in slots, a lot of money if you develop an addiction, which doesn't happen with social media. But while you scroll, the platform learns from you, and you also get manipulated by the platform, which doesn't happen if you gamble.

So, I think that although the downside of gambling is clear, the dangers of infinite scrolling are more subtle, but also deeper, and we don't know yet the future impact it can have in our society and in our lives.

[Satofan44]

I dont see how gambling and doom scrolling are related.

Things don't have to be directly related for one to be able to make a comparison between them.

It's obvious that engaging in these two activities in excess is unhealthy, but answering the question about which one is worse is not an easy task. On one hand, you can lose money in slots, a lot of money if you develop an addiction, which doesn't happen with social media. But while you scroll, the platform learns from you, and you also get manipulated by the platform, which doesn't happen if you gamble.

So, I think that although the downside of gambling is clear, the dangers of infinite scrolling are more subtle, but also deeper, and we don't know yet the future impact it can have in our society and in our lives.

You lose money also from social media and doom scrolling. The process by which this happens is very subtle, and when compared to some direct form of losing money such as is the case with gambling it can be misleading. You make 2 mistakes in your post:

1) Social media platforms don't just learn from you, they manipulate you to do things. They make you buy things and you will believe that the decision was yours, but it was not. 
2) Gambling platforms do regularly manipulate you. Most of gambling games are designed in a way that maximizes playing, that is the manipulation.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

The both activities are not bad at all but that is if you are doing it in a moderate and responsible manner, when you become addicted to doing any of them, it also becomes a big problem. There's someone in my formal area, he almost set their house ablaze because of social media and how she got carried away with scrolling and watching some videos online. Being addicted to any of them can have a very bad effect depending on the situation. Another example is how some students fail their exam because of social media.

[blomen]

gambling can lead you to very bad places, and so can doomscrolling. but i think it would be wrong to discuss the worst place either of them could lead you to here. i think doomscrolling is a much greater danger. doomscrolling is completely accessible and is done in apps that almost everyone uses. because it is so accessible, i think it is a huge danger.

right now, no one is taking any action against it, but i think it will become a major problem in the future. it distorts people's perceptions and attention.

[Samlucky O]

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

Both doomscrolling and gambling are not thesame thing. Gambling can be worst than doomscrolling because in gambling you lose much money while having fun, while in doomscrolling you don't have much to lose, only that you lose slightly by burning some amount of Data which can not be compeard to the amount you lose in gambling a week.

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

It is not good to engage in anything excessively because too much of everything can leed to addiction. But in both of them doomscrolling is more preferable since it does not involve losing of money like gambling.

[Wakate]

These are two different things entirely which should not be compared.

If you like being on social media, there is nothing bad about be there if you have time for it, but the difference is that doomscrolling or what you call it is not involving money, but make sure social media does not affect your work and your sleep.

Gambling is also good if you do it in the right way. Social media supposed not to affect someone's gambling activities. Some people will like social media and also like gambling.

Doomscrolling  has nothing to do with our finances and it can be seen as a way of life just like when you take some time to watch videos on social media just to have a relaxation. Gambling has been known to be a financial decision and anyone could either lose or win. Once you decide to gamble, you have planned to either make profit or loses although many players don't have that dogma of gambling to lose.
We all want to make money from betting which has two faces  until we get one out of the two as result. Doomscrolling is preferably better since it doesn't require financial decision.

[Y3shot]

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of user-generated content or news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

Gambling addiction and doomscrolling is not the same because . In gambling addiction you are losing money and it is very difficult to get rid of gambling addiction but doomscrolling you can decide to stay away from social media.

Comparing the addiction of both are not the same , doomscrolling has it own effect but can't be compared to gambling addiction,  gambling addiction can ruins one's life. Gambling addiction is one of the most dangerous addiction .

[rachael9385]

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of user-generated content or news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

Basically whatever you do that gives you pleasure releases dopamine in the brain. It's not healthy to engage in any of them too much but if you had to choose between them,doomscrolling doesn't make you lose as much as what you lose if you gamble irresponsibly. You spend more on data subscriptions, that's quite normal but gambling excessively is likely to cause more damage than the other

[OgNasty]

Doomscrolling or doomsurfing is the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of user-generated content or news, particularly negative news, on the web and social media

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

I guess the main difference is that one is you spending money and the other is just you wasting time.  If you're into debating politics with people then you might view doomscrolling as researching your positions, but you have to be careful when it comes to social media.  If you consume nothing but negativity, the algorithm will start feeding you nothing but negativity and you will become a pessimistic person who is unpleasant to be around.  Even if that is the result of you being more knowledgeable, it probably won't have a positive outcome.

[Findingnemo]

Excessive consumption of any content is bad, these feed which are shorts like 30-60 seconds, creates more negatives in society than we realize, it affected the attention span of everyone now kids go to school cannot concentrate properly on something for more time due to this evolution. I am not saying gambling is better but this doomscrolling creates something really bad in our behaviour that go unnoticed most of the time.

[internetional]

basically doomscrolling is aimlessly scrollig through social media without any real intentions. being on social media also generates dopamine which is the same happy hormone that gambling can give you. we both doomscroll or gamble when we are bored. what do you think is worse, gambling or doomscrolling?

Interesting comparison! I’ve never thought about it that way before.
Social media isn’t all the same, though.
If it’s something like NOSTR, which doesn’t shove random stuff at you that you never subscribed to, then mindless scrolling can actually be useful. You find out what’s going on with your friends and stay emotionally connected to them, which is a valuable resource.
But if it’s Instagram, where every couple of posts are ads trying to squeeze money out of you, then honestly, I’d rather play a little.

[r_victory]

No activity in excess brings any benefit, not even exercise. Scrolling endlessly through social media for hours will yield no return, unlike gambling that might yield some profit. Everything in excess is harmful.

[Ricardo11]

No activity in excess brings any benefit, not even exercise. Scrolling endlessly through social media for hours will yield no return, unlike gambling that might yield some profit. Everything in excess is harmful.

Agreed, everything is good to do in moderation, anything in excess can lead to negative situations or major dangers.
We should limit ourselves in everything, and decide to do anything keeping in mind the harmful things and the ability.
And this limitation is especially applicable to gambling is more importent, because in gambling, if the activity is excessive, it leads to deep addiction, and later it is no longer entertainment, but it can cause you huge financial losses, mental turmoil and even your family can go towards destruction.
So in anything, excess is not good, excess activity can only lead to harm, otherwise it can never be good for anyone.

[Proty]

They both have there negative effects, however I believe gambling is the worse since in doomscrolling you are not spending any money. it is only ones time that is being wasted and also it can affect ones mental health but in the case of gambling both money and time is being wasted especially when one is an addict it becomes a big problem. So non of this is good that is both gambling and doomscrolling so the best thing is not to overdo any of them as too much of any of this two may cause problems that we never plan or anticipated.

[mcdouglasx]

is it healthy to engage in these two activities excessively?

They are completely different things, since one is 100% associated with money and the other is mostly associated with distraction and quick gratification. However, I believe you can enjoy both in a healthy and balanced way. I see this as especially worrying for young people, as it makes them lazy and dependent on said online interaction, but this is an action that is directly the responsibility of parents.

I could make a long list of things that are similar, like video games, love, obsessing over the gym, or overeating, but the bottom line is that everything in excess ends up being harmful.