I don’t actually use TikTok or even the “sliding” function on youtube shorts, but I feel like my attention span has gotten much worse after they started getting popular. Even watching a 2 minute video feels dreadfully long, let alone a 10 or 20 minute video, so I end up watching a mostly short animation memes instead.
I came across a youtube video on this subject a little while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDfeOvUZ7Kk
The TL;DW is that our attention spans aren’t getting shorter, there’s just other stuff going on (mostly stress) that makes it feel like they are.