Gooning by Design
AI summary of the linked articleThe essay argues that gooning, a practice of prolonged edging to porn, is becoming a mainstream logic of platform design, with Pornhub Shorties as the clearest example. It says the launch of Pornhub Shorties, a TikTok-style feed that embeds porn in an infinite vertical scroll, made the link between doomscrolling and gooning explicit. The author notes that the feature was first called "the goonscroll" by a Reddit user in the NoFap subreddit. The piece also presents the trend as a continuation of older habits, such as endless searching for the perfect porn video on Pornhub, rather than a new phenomenon. |
4 comments The focus on gender and hetero sexual males is strange. From my knowledge gooning is completely independent of a gender notion or a sexual preference notion. These claims are very dubious and seem outright sexist mishaSubmitter I agree there's a bias emphasizing negative stereotypes of male sexuality. It seems the authors want to frame gooning in a specific way to build their argument wanting to connect it to doomscrolling. Obviously all genders engage in gooning :) But it also attempts to critique broader societal and technological phenomena, aiming for cultural critique rather than direct bias. Anyway greater gender inclusivity and context might enhance the neutrality of the article. mishaSubmitter Reading this article I can't help thinking Zora and porn might make great companions. Porn coins lol.  actually there is a decent video on the goonification |