Limit your Shorts scrolling to zero minutes per day.
  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    That’s the whole idea of shorts and tiktok style though; rapidly consuming quick content.

    I think its interesting that for some people, that experience is deeply uncomfortable, and for others its necessary. It may sound over the top but I see a lot of parallels to hard drug addiction.

    • stray@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t think it’s necessary for anyone, though I understand you probably mean they feel it is. They’ve done at least one study I read which showed that being fed content actually makes you stupid in the immediate short-term (long-term was outside the scope of the study). Consuming the same content by selecting which ones you want to see caused no problems. It’s the removal of agency that’s thought to be the problem, training your brain to be passive.