• @[email protected]
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    328 hours ago

    Hot take: let this brain rot format die already. If you cannot hold your attention for longer than a few minutes at a time, you might want to work on that instead of embracing it.

    • Zos_Kia
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      132 minutes ago

      That’s a room temp take at best

    • @[email protected]
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      227 hours ago

      Current research suggests that declining attention is most likely caused by an expectation of quality rather than actual personal issues. Condensing information is a valuable skill an people do not have time for middle length content just to be disappointed.

      • Zos_Kia
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        25 hours ago

        But then how am I supposed to use your “research” to make imaginary claims on generational attention spans ?

    • @[email protected]
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      127 hours ago

      Do you not think some people doomscroll lemmy, only reading titles and looking at image posts?

      • foremanguy
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        45 hours ago

        Maybe but it’s not the point of it. An infinite scrollable shorts/tiktok like is meant to be doomscrolled

        • @[email protected]
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          12 hours ago

          I watch YouTube shorts sometimes, the algorithm gives me mostly comedy, usually some type of shketch where one person plays all the characters. I’ve also seen quick tip or educational videos, outdoor clips. None of what I engage with is doomscroling.

          • foremanguy
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            22 hours ago

            1 - Even when educational you can’t retain all the infos that these short videos give you

            2 - Log out of YouTube, and watch the default YouTube shorts feed, you would be amazed how this is a concentrate of shitty posts.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 hour ago

              1 - I’m not going to YouTube shorts to be educated, but if Hank Green shows up and drops a fact on me that’ll entertain me for 30 seconds, I’m good. It’s not doomscrooling which was your original point.

              2 - Well yeah that’s a bad idea on most content websites, just because the lowest common denominator content is bad doesn’t mean it’s bad once you curate what you want to watch.

  • foremanguy
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    55 hours ago

    Why does everyone excited to it? Sorry but a short/tiktok format is shitty. It needs to be stopped here

  • @[email protected]
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    What content would people like to see on this platform? I would think the fediverse audience would be a bit different from your average tiktok or instagram reels user

    • @[email protected]
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      27 hours ago

      I am not average then. I use tiktok to discover musicians, get short informative videos from science enthusiasts, and poetry or life advice.

      Some of these are only possible because of the remarkable recommendation algorithm but I stay hopeful.

      • @[email protected]
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        35 hours ago

        the entire saving grace of the fediverse is a lack of algos and curation of your own content. algorithms have basically broken social media and the way we interact with the web. quality and substance is nowhere to be seen for the past few years and many of those who migratate to the fediverse do so specifically for the improved quality of content - it’s the whole selling point.

  • Dr. Moose
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    312 hours ago

    no invite and I’ve been on the waitlist since it’s been announced :(