Ok, so is it just the feeling of keeping something that might be useful? Isn’t that what hoarding really is? I guess it’s better to hoard tabs than photos, let alone physical papers.
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TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I don’t really see anyone admitting the truth: digital hoarding. At a certain number of tabs it becomes nearly impossible to find anything so it’s hard for me to believe people really find the practice as useful as they claim. I probably have 50 tabs open but I use a tab group app that keeps most hidden (and Firefox doesn’t load the content in inactive tabs after you restart it). Most are essentially bookmarks but I’d be lying if I said even 20% of them end up being useful to keep open.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Yup, that’s also the reason I have them a lot.
Other times it’s just me being too lazy to close them, cause I feel lost in all the tabs and don’t know anymore which to close.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Just tried a cool extension called OneTab. It condenses all of your tabs into a neat list of links. That way, each site doesn’t take any more RAM than line of text. The tab is technically closed, but you can easily access it from the OneTab menu. Looks and feels more like a vertical tab bar really. Might want to try it out. That way, you never have to let go any tabs ever again.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Yes and yes, to a degree. I think most people are hoarders on some small scale but at a certain point it’s harmful. But yeah digital hoarding is probably the least harmful type.
WhatTheDuck@piefed.social 19 hours ago
The decline of good search engines and the AI slopocalypse has made it difficult to find good resources. Let alone, to find it a second time. So a lot of us close the tab only after the related task is completed. Bookmarks are too permanent for one-off tasks (plus, we probably have way too many bookmarks already).
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah that would make sense except the overuse of tabs is at least a decade old phenomenon.
WhatTheDuck@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Eh… depends on the interpretation of overuse. One person’s excess is another person’s minimal. Different subjects - like ones that require researching - are expected to need more tabs open. It loosely parallels having multiple books splayed open for quick referencing.
Though, I do feel the number of tabs lately has drastically increased for myself and colleges.