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Even if it is recipes and chemistry it's the format that's the issue, it still fries your dopamine and lowers your attention span.
by whywhywhywhy 2y ago
Even if it is recipes and chemistry it's the format that's the issue, it still fries your dopamine and lowers your attention span.
- yosame 2y agoI don't think it's any worse than any other form of media (like reading comments on hacker news instead of reading the article)
- zht 2y agoIt is much worse lol Videos cram so much stimulation over such a short period of time Text you still have to read
- ethbr1 2y agoOr, to spin it around -- given a standard, naive population, why are video platforms so much more successful than text ones? Hypothesis: video is more addiction, regardless of content
- JohnMakin 2y agoExcept I can read much faster than a video can convey information to me, almost always - I suspect the popularity of video to deliver information at least in some part stems from declining literacy. Whenever I have to watch a poor reader read something, I am honestly amazed they can function at all.
- tartuffe78 2y agoHave you used it?
- sebastiennight 2y agoWe might not use HN the same way then... I frequently give up on reading a thread midway down the page because it's requiring *too much focus*, and, get this, I might even interrupt my break and just go back to work early instead! I don't think that would ever happen on a neverending infinite scroll of hyperengaging video.
- schwartzworld 2y agoSome of it is that for sure. But you could also make the counter argument about long form content. It doesn’t take 20 minutes to explain how to make a cake.
- paulddraper 2y agoIt doesn't take 30 seconds either.
- schwartzworld 2y agoTikTok has been pushing longer form content for a while. 60-90 seconds is plenty for a recipe
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- whywhywhywhy 2y agoDefinitely two sides of the same coin, struggle not to have a YT video playing if I’m alone and doing something else that should be enough for my focus.