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A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
technology10/16/2025

“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,”  Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”

Zehra Naqvi recalls the magical days of the early social internet. She grew up in the One Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still... [8712 chars]