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Apps like instagram and YouTube should be required at least to give an option to disable reels and shorts

by pow_ext 8mo ago

polskibus 8mo ago
Don’t forget WhatsApp. Kids are allowed to have WhatsApp as messaging but they get fed videos there too. There is no way to really disable them . Also this be allowed as parental supervision, not something that kids can override.
ryandvm 8mo ago
There should be a law to require the ability to disable algorithmic customization of content. If these apps are so compelling it shouldn't take a Spark cluster riffing on my private viewing habits to come up with content for me. I don't recall a lot of complaints about Facebook or Instagram when it was actually your friends' content. But now it's force-feeding everybody their own "guilty pleasure" viewing material 24 hours a day. It's fucking sick.
- sumedh 8mo ago
  > disable algorithmic customization of content. What does that even mean?
  - r0bbbo 8mo ago
    I assume they mean a similar experience to browsing /r/popular on Reddit. You're getting a feed that isn't tailored to your browsing history, likes or preferences. It's less addicting and the company doesn't need to know anything about you to provide the experience.
seydor 8mo ago
Perhaps we need more social activism (remember that?) to stop people falling into this kind of addiction. I remember anti-drugs campaigning , they were everywhere. Phone addictions are not taken nearly as seriously.
- rexpop 8mo ago
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- dymk 8mo ago
  Using the war on drugs as an example as a successful social movement is kinda hilarious
  - gzread 8mo ago
    People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? And only the ones that were included in the war on drugs (not nicotine, alcohol, caffeine)? So it was a success.
    - dymk 8mo ago
      > People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? No
      - 2postsperday 8mo ago
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      - xigoi 8mo ago
        > There were high levels of agreement that drugs are a problem in Irish society: 88% of respondents agreed that drug-related crime is a major problem in Ireland, and 87% agreed that the availability of illegal drugs poses a great threat to young people nowadays. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/ https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/ > Only 22 percent of respondents said they would be willing to work closely on a job with a person with drug addiction compared to 62 percent who said they would be willing to work with someone with mental illness. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-negative-toward-people-with-drug-addiction-than-those-with-mental-illness https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-ne...
AlcherBlack 8mo ago
For YouTube, on the mobile app: Setting -> Time Management -> Daily Limits -> Shorts Feed limit
- lokar 8mo ago
  there is no option for zero
Quarrelsome 8mo ago
We need a return to consent. I want to be able to say "no". Not "see fewer shorts", see NO shorts. Not "maybe later", actually fucking "no".
- freshtake 8mo ago
  This
dsauerbrun 8mo ago
one of the benefits of being on android and being able to sideload apps. Look up "revanced youtube" and you'll be able to turn off shorts. ublock origin for blocking them on desktop. If you're on an iphone... uninstall youtube? my quality of life has increased substantially... although sometimes the app bugs out and shorts still make it on my home page. I spend like 10 minutes scrolling through shorts and get a weird shock "how the fuck did I end up here?", restart the app and boom shorts gone again.
robryan 8mo ago
Youtube shorts will come back but you can just click the row each time to show less. Otherwise if you really don't want to see them on the desktop at least a browser extension works well.

Apps like instagram and YouTube should be required at least to give an option to disable reels and shorts

by pow_ext 8mo ago

Apps like instagram and YouTube should be required at least to give an option to disable reels and shorts

Don’t forget WhatsApp. Kids are allowed to have WhatsApp as messaging but they get fed videos there too. There is no way to really disable them . Also this be allowed as parental supervision, not something that kids can override.

ryandvm 8mo ago

There should be a law to require the ability to disable algorithmic customization of content. If these apps are so compelling it shouldn't take a Spark cluster riffing on my private viewing habits to come up with content for me. I don't recall a lot of complaints about Facebook or Instagram when it was actually your friends' content. But now it's force-feeding everybody their own "guilty pleasure" viewing material 24 hours a day. It's fucking sick.

sumedh 8mo ago
> disable algorithmic customization of content. What does that even mean?
- r0bbbo 8mo ago
  I assume they mean a similar experience to browsing /r/popular on Reddit. You're getting a feed that isn't tailored to your browsing history, likes or preferences. It's less addicting and the company doesn't need to know anything about you to provide the experience.

seydor 8mo ago

Perhaps we need more social activism (remember that?) to stop people falling into this kind of addiction. I remember anti-drugs campaigning , they were everywhere. Phone addictions are not taken nearly as seriously.

rexpop 8mo ago
[dead]
dymk 8mo ago
Using the war on drugs as an example as a successful social movement is kinda hilarious
- gzread 8mo ago
  People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? And only the ones that were included in the war on drugs (not nicotine, alcohol, caffeine)? So it was a success.
  - dymk 8mo ago
    > People still generally think drugs are bad, don't they? No
    - 2postsperday 8mo ago
      [dead]
    - xigoi 8mo ago
      > There were high levels of agreement that drugs are a problem in Irish society: 88% of respondents agreed that drug-related crime is a major problem in Ireland, and 87% agreed that the availability of illegal drugs poses a great threat to young people nowadays. https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/ https://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/27213/ > Only 22 percent of respondents said they would be willing to work closely on a job with a person with drug addiction compared to 62 percent who said they would be willing to work with someone with mental illness. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-negative-toward-people-with-drug-addiction-than-those-with-mental-illness https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2014/study-public-feels-more-ne...

AlcherBlack 8mo ago

For YouTube, on the mobile app: Setting -> Time Management -> Daily Limits -> Shorts Feed limit

lokar 8mo ago
there is no option for zero

Quarrelsome 8mo ago

We need a return to consent. I want to be able to say "no". Not "see fewer shorts", see NO shorts. Not "maybe later", actually fucking "no".

freshtake 8mo ago
This

dsauerbrun 8mo ago

one of the benefits of being on android and being able to sideload apps. Look up "revanced youtube" and you'll be able to turn off shorts. ublock origin for blocking them on desktop. If you're on an iphone... uninstall youtube? my quality of life has increased substantially... although sometimes the app bugs out and shorts still make it on my home page. I spend like 10 minutes scrolling through shorts and get a weird shock "how the fuck did I end up here?", restart the app and boom shorts gone again.

robryan 8mo ago

Youtube shorts will come back but you can just click the row each time to show less. Otherwise if you really don't want to see them on the desktop at least a browser extension works well.