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I care. Short form video is extremely addictive. It's dangerous to open it up, if you watch a second video you just end up in a doomscroll trance
Fair, though to my mind that's all social media, so I can't get worked up about one particular one. The reason I'm glad I was pushed off reddit is because I'd end up in a doomscroll trance there too
There's degrees to be sure though - ticktock is the absolute worst, because it has a lot of content and a good algorithm... Plus, short form video is the easiest to get lost in
I think it's an individual thing, and probably also dependent on said individuals state of mind. I dropped off TikTok ages ago because of its tendency to get me lost, with reddit I didn't entirely know how bad it was until the blackout happened and I noticed how often I would just compulsively reach for my phone to open reddit when I wasn't doing anything else
Well that's just capitalism. Just like the rise of sugary drinks and booze cigs etc. We're not optimizing for the well-being of people. It's all about that dough. China is the same, but instead it's just one big extra shitty company.