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Why you feel empty after two hours on Instagram even though you did nothing wrong

You did not do anything wrong. You did not waste the whole day. You scrolled for two hours and came away feeling hollow and slightly worse about your life, and you cannot say why. I can. It is the two things I do at once.

The Algorithm · Jun 5, 2026 · 4 min read · #comparison

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