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Cocomelon are already focus group testing their addictive hypnotic kids videos. They don't need millions of kids to develop this crack for kids, just a dozen or
by brikym 2y ago
Cocomelon are already focus group testing their addictive hypnotic kids videos. They don't need millions of kids to develop this crack for kids, just a dozen or so.
- jiggawatts 2y agoSpeaking of which, I just recently blocked Cocomelon on my kid’s iPad. How insane is it that a company is purposefully putting out crack in video form targeted explicitly at toddlers!? Brought to you by the same people that thought cigarette candy was a brilliant idea.
- lapphi 2y agoI mean from the point of view of McDonald’s I mean Disney no no the tobacco companies, it was probably idea of the year.
- blackoil 2y ago> my kid’s iPad That is a more fundamental problem.
- jiggawatts 2y agoPeople said the same thing about kids reading books.
- Invictus0 2y agoIs your position that, since people said the same thing about kids reading books, then there is nothing we can give kids that will have a negative outcome on their development? A book can only be read, which requires cognitive effort. iPads can be watched and listened to, which requires no cognitive effort. It's obvious which one kids will choose to do.
- falcor84 2y agoYou intrigued me - what was the opposition to kids reading books?
- slothtrop 2y agoAs opposed to any old Saturday morning cartoon? I was about to say "without the ads", but Netflix is pushing those hard. They're all designed to keep engagement. I'm not sure what people expect kids to do on iPads except watch stuff, 99% of the time.
- harimau777 2y agoCan you give more information on this? I thought Cocomelon was basically just animated nursery rhymes?