It’s very clear that TikTok causes brain rot:

  • hours upon hours of scrolling;
  • damaged attention spans;
  • boring lip sync “memes”;
  • whatever the fuck my little brother is watching;
  • KKKringy song over equally KKKringe footage;
  • TWs for almost literally anything. I’ve seen [TW: Aesthetic];
  • iPad kids

You know? This applies to YT shorts. Now my attention span is so short I can’t even read theory for 5 minutes without thinking “What’s on TikTok?”

Let’s not even forget the KKKringe-ass use of 733tspeak, wtf man.

If I ever have kids, I’d waste my entire bank account just to stop them from getting in this hellhole of a site.

    • QueerCommie
      5·
      2 years ago

      Nah, we’ll just have completely change the incentives the algorithms run on, making them less addictive and terrible. I’m not saying shitposting needs to exist into eternity, just that mass communication is helpful, and it’s nice to be able discuss and share things all around the world.

      • 小莱卡
        3·
        2 years ago

        I don’t see how it can become less addictive. The algorithm feeds you content based on the things you like and are interested in, that’s the reason it’s addicting. Unless they change the algorithm to give you content you actively dislike (which doesn’t make sense) it simply can’t become less addicting.

        There needs to be a complete paradigm shift in social media for it to be healthy.

        • QueerCommie
          3·
          2 years ago

          That’s what I mean, a complete overhaul of the algorithms.

          • CannotSleep420
            3·
            2 years ago

            It could be that no or very little algorithms is the answer. Kind of like what lemmy does for sorting posts and comments.

            “Sort posts in reverse chronological order” and “Sort posts by most recently commented on” are algorithms, but not the kind that will try to trap you in an endless loop of consooming content.