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The Two Rhythms of Distraction: What Vertical and Horizontal Scrolling Reveal About How We Experience the World
There's something almost hypnotic about the way your thumb moves up and down through the social media feed, pausing occasionally at a post/reel that catches your eye, then continuing its steady vertical journey through an endless stream of content. Then there's the entirely different sensation when you swipe horizontally through Stories—a deliberate left-to-right motion that feels like turning pages in a book, like making small decisions with each flick of your finger.
Sumana Mukherjee
Oct 29, 20253 min read
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