Comment on More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And? I put in thousands of hours of video games and TV.
Tiktok is going to be the video games will rot your brain of this generation.
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t know, seems like TikTok may actually be doing that though. The format completely destroys attention spans, it spies on you for the Chinese, and is a huge propaganda machine.
Video games don’t do any of those things and at least with TV, you have to pay enough attention for 20 minutes to an hour to get anything out of it.
sir_reginald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
there is a ton of propaganda in TV too. And even on videogames, partially. An example, the other day my niece was playing FarCry 6 and when I read about the story it was clearly American anti-Cuba propaganda.
Player2@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
It’s a bit different because the short videos are algorithmically targeted for individuals, as opposed to the viewpoints just being broadcast. This makes it much easier to manipulate people in specific ways