• DrSteveBrule
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    6 hours ago

    Do you not think some people doomscroll lemmy, only reading titles and looking at image posts?

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      4 hours ago

      Maybe but it’s not the point of it. An infinite scrollable shorts/tiktok like is meant to be doomscrolled

      • TacoSocks@infosec.pub
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        48 minutes ago

        I watch YouTube shorts sometimes, the algorithm gives me mostly comedy, usually some type of shketch where one person plays all the characters. I’ve also seen quick tip or educational videos, outdoor clips. None of what I engage with is doomscroling.

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          34 minutes ago

          1 - Even when educational you can’t retain all the infos that these short videos give you

          2 - Log out of YouTube, and watch the default YouTube shorts feed, you would be amazed how this is a concentrate of shitty posts.

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            2 minutes ago

            1 - I’m not going to YouTube shorts to be educated, but if Hank Green shows up and drops a fact on me that’ll entertain me for 30 seconds, I’m good. It’s not doomscrooling which was your original point.

            2 - Well yeah that’s a bad idea on most content websites, just because the lowest common denominator content is bad doesn’t mean it’s bad once you curate what you want to watch.