The video the comment comes from is this one which I recommend a watch if you’ve got 13 minutes to spare.
Image Description is as follows: A YouTube comment by user EclectiClaus reads as follows:
“The internet fells like a casino: It’s built like a maze designed to trap you in; full of bright, loud machines designed to get your attention; it tricks you into thinking you’re having fun but in reality you’re slowly ruining your life.”
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if ur on cooperate social media, sure… that is a fair point. but like .-- meh, nawwww lemmi is not so bad, i jus stay on the local tab, scroll through the posts, give my dum comment on everything and mostly leave.
Honestly one of my favorite things about Lemmy and other parts of the fediverse is how much it isn’t trying to keep me there all the time.
Though I do wonder if theirs a lemmy app (and pixelfed app) that has me going through pages like in the browser. Those page ends give nice stopping points that my brain needs.
When used wisely it’s a great and useful tool, but yeah parts of it are like that and will ruin your life. It’s a similar concept to a city. Being in a city on a street won’t inheritly ruin your life, but taking a wrong turn down a shady might put you down a path for a bad time. Alternatively, you might stumble upon a street with sculptures and museums and become a more enriched person and make new friends.
You are prohibited from ever making screenshots again. 200:1 aspect ratio ass post. Nice transcription tho so you still get an upvote.
this comment feels reductive, it depends on where youre spending your time online
I’m careful to ensure the extent of my “social media” use is just Lemmy and that makes using the internet tolerable
Yes it is quite reductive, it’s a comment on a 13 minute video about how the internet is designed to hijack our attention span in short bursts and how content is getting more short form in that kind of place.
Not only that but how the attention spans of people are getting shorter and shorter as a response, while our screen times are skyrocketing.
It’s a very good watch IMO and worth the 13 minutes.
Going off of nothing more than seeing Alex’s video on my timeline, I’m assuming this is the Technology Connections video on algorithms?
I’d say it’s different (I’ve seen the Technology Connections video as well, which I also recommend) as it more talks about the degradation of attention spans since the advent of television and how its been talked about over the years.
It’s a good short watch IMO
Edit: After rereading your comment, it’s a different video on a related topic and some of its history.
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