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My kids are self-confessed TikTok addicts. They are aware that now when they watch YouTube, they get 5 minutes in and wonder when the heck it's going to end. E
by kitd 3y ago
My kids are self-confessed TikTok addicts. They are aware that now when they watch YouTube, they get 5 minutes in and wonder when the heck it's going to end.
Even they recognize the adverse effect on attention spans.
- ysavir 3y agoIt doesn't help that YouTube was pushing creators towards longer and longer videos, resulting in lots of fluff and padding to convert a simple idea into an unnecessarily long entity for the sake of algorithm rankings. While lack of attention span is a valid problem, YT has also created the problem of attentions not being rewarded.
- mrtksn 3y agoI'm happy for you for having good kids but in my experience becoming truly self happens much later in life and I think your kids are simply thinking in your mental models, which I guess makes you a good parent. Not necessarily right about TikTok though.