Creating this persona was quite interesting because I drew inspiration from not only a few late night scrollers in my group’s baseline study, but also my own life. Night Owl Nick’s scrolling and sleep are constantly battling, and he doesn’t want to be up as late as he is. His lack of sleep is both due to and induces more scrolling, and sometimes he feels helpless to stop scrolling even when an early morning awaits him when he finally stops. Scrolling being a main source of fast-acting stress relief is especially problematic, as that instant relief quickly turns into a numbness for Nick.
