Comment on Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff
slaacaa@lemmy.world 10 months agoIt’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.
stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 10 months 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