> regardless of how dissatisfying they are. Why would people spend time watching dissatisfying videos? > content that connects deeply I'd say "parasocially"

> regardless of how dissatisfying they are. Why would people spend time watching dissatisfying videos? > content that connects deeply I'd say "parasocially". But how does the app measure that? It makes decisions based on a few seconds of watch time. It could optimize for "show videos that trigger donations", but that's kind of trivial.