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boomscrolling 

Doomscrolling for Boomers: Instead of scrolling their cell phones being overwhelmed by the global news, the Boomer flips through all the local evening news channels every night to learn about the ridiculous Florida Man antics of people in their area.
Dad's been Boomscrolling too much recently, and is convinced everyone in his tiny town is going to be carjacked by people in clown suits within the week.
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Boonscrolling 

The opposite of doomscrolling, where one refreshes or advances through social media feeds looking for relatable, positive, and uplifting content, often with the effect of forging connections where they didn't previously exist.
User1: "I was doomscrolling Facebook last night and founds someone else who genuinely loves 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'. We ended up going back and forth about it for an hour."
User2: "Sounds like you were boonscrolling."
Boonscrolling by Bryianzum October 21, 2023

Boomscrolling 

Democrats scrolling on Twitter the day Joe Biden was declared President Elect of The United States.
Today I'm not Doomscrolling, I'm Boomscrolling.
Boomscrolling by RealmsRider November 6, 2020