The World Is Awful, So Enjoy The 20 Most Wholesome Tweets I Found On The Internet This Week

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1. 23d ago

   Media Outlets Curate Collections of Wholesome Social Media Posts

   BuzzFeed, Yahoo, and AOL have published curated lists of positive social media content to counter negative news cycles. These collections vary in size, with lists featuring 20, 22, and 25 posts. The content focuses on simple humor and wholesome interactions intended to improve reader moods and discourage doomscrolling. While several outlets are sharing similar themed content this week, the specific number of posts included in each curation differs across the platforms.

   Why it matters

   Digital publishers often use curated positive content as a psychological buffer against stressful global news. These lists target users engaging in doomscrolling, which is the act of continuously scrolling through bad news.

   What is confirmed

   • BuzzFeed and Yahoo published a list of the 20 most wholesome tweets found on the internet this week.
   • Yahoo and AOL both published collections containing 22 wholesome tweets.

   Still unconfirmed

   • Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore published a list of 25 wholesome posts to stop doomscrolling.
   • One Yahoo collection claims its positive humor is guaranteed to improve a reader's mood.

   What to watch next

   • Publication of similar curated lists by other major news aggregators
   • Data on reader engagement metrics for positive versus negative news cycles
   Sources used for this update (5)

   1. BuzzFeed — The World Is Awful, So Enjoy The 20 Most Wholesome Tweets I Found On The Internet This Week
   2. Yahoo — The 20 Most Wholesome Tweets I Found On The Internet This Week
   3. Yahoo — 22 Wholesome Tweets Guaranteed To Improve Your Mood With Some Simple, Positive Humor
   4. Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore — 25 Wholesome Posts That'll Make You Forget You Were Doomscrolling
   5. AOL.com — 22 Wholesome Tweets From The Internet This Week That I Curated Just For You
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