Comment on Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff

• slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s about aiming for the lowest common denomninator to maximize user number and engagement. Autoplaying short vids in a feed that you didn’t curate - all things optimized to trick your monkey brain for one more scroll or one more click. Works on everybody from children to elderly.

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  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Except in Tumblr’s case, no one goes to tumblr to watch videos on the first place, and the way they have it set up is awful

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