iktMar 9

Doesn't everyone do this? Right guys?...

https://aussie.zone/post/30424871

Show threadDoubleDongle
This really isn’t that functionally different from sotting down and watching TV
Mar 9 at 4:20pmWeb
Show threadnwtreeoctopusMar 9

It is and isn’t. I think that TV, as a longer-form of entertainment, has less harmful effects on attention-span, for example.

Hearing kids talk about not being able to focus long enough to watch a movie or tv show is a bummer.

Show threadBuddahrifficMar 9
Though that’s not a property of phones, but of the media itself.
Show threadjnod4Mar 9
I mean yeah if you were watching tiktok/reels/shortson your 70 inch plasma you’d still end up with the short attention span thanks fot saying what everyone knew but we weren’t pedant enough to say now let’s add something to the conversation?
Show threadStellarSt0rmMar 10
Yeah you can bedrot and watch youtube (long videos) or a movie instead of short form media.
Show threadHolytimesMar 10
The quality of movies and TV shows is also gone to shit. I blame no one for not being able to pay attention to the absolute crap airing on TV nowadays.
Show thread1984Mar 10

I think its very different, because the algorithms are feeding you things you emotionally react to. Also i bet it changes your entire view of things very much. You dont have things like gender wars on tv very much, but its all over social media. I think it affects how young people think more than anything. Much more than tv.

You can look at the Lemmy front page also and see common themes, and over time, all this affects how young people think about themselves, politics, sex, anything really.

I dont think tv is even remotely affecting people in the same way as social media… Specially when you are young, it can affect you extreamly much. Because that need to fit in is super strong.

I grew up in the 90s and I was watching tv, so I know it didnt affect me at all as much as todays social media. But thats me, just one person. Perhaps its not the same for everyone, so this is just my opinion.

Show threadAA5BMar 11
Yeah I don’t know what the algorithm pushes on others but I definitely see more conservative propaganda than I like…… I’ve even started seeing shite like parasites causing diabetes and other insane health conspiracy theories
Show thread1984Mar 11

You can quickly try on YouTube - search for something like miami vice and watch a few seconds of a video. Then go back to your feed. Observe how it now has lots of related content.

These days it takes just seconds for the entire feed to change to your choices. So even if you are just a little curious about something, like flat earth, you will start to get that kind of content within seconds. So people get pulled into filter bubbles without even noticing.