cyberhoarding

Noun

cyberhoarding (uncountable)

1. Synonym of digital hoarding.
   • Among the issues they are hoping to explore are cyberhoarding—reluctance to delete information gathered online—and cyberchondria—compulsively using search engines and websites in the hope of finding reassurance about medical fears, only to self-diagnose further ailments.2018 October 8, Nicola Davis, “Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
   • Though he never looked at the photos, organizing them took between 2 and 5 h a day and had severely affected his daily life, leading to overwhelming stress and anxiety. The authors suggested that cyberhoarding maybe be comparable to physical hoarding as it also involves the accumulation of items...2021, Dan J. Stein, Naomi A Fineberg, Samuel R. Chamberlain, editors, Mental Health in a Digital World, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 272

   Synonyms:

   digital hoarding