I’m 25 and I’m surprised by how many people I know that are addicted to TikTok and YouTube shorts
Comment on 'TikTok brain' may be coming for your kid's attention span
echo64@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I know everyone wants to rile against the next generations stuff, people said the same shit about the internet, and reddit, and Twitter, now tiktok.
But this article is just regurgitating old articles from other places and throwing tiktok in there because they know everyone over 25 gets riled up just reading the name tik tok.
SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 1 year ago
ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you suggesting that anything about the internet hasn’t reduced attention spans?
Especially as it’s becoming more accessible and common for younger people to get more exposure during key points in brain development.
It goes beyond simple accessibility and engagement, if young people are not participating in these social media’s it can become harder to connect with your peers - so you’re almost socially punished for not embracing and participating in brain rot (all social media, not just Tik Tok).
Kikkertje@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I have been trying to work on my attention span ever since quitting Reddit. There’s this great book I’m reading, it has everything in it that I love, I would have been pulled in if this was 20 years ago (yeah, I’m old). But I find I can only handle about 5 minutes or so before I feel that urge for “fresh” information. It sucks!
echo64@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No. I’m saying that this is rage bait and been said about everything from rock music to pokemon.
specfreq@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t click on any of the white papers linked inside the news article either, who knows what those Chinese university students put it there…