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Comment by wumeow

5 months ago

I remember trying out TikTok and realizing in horror that it was a slot machine for video content.

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se4u  5 months ago

Have you seen YouTube shorts and Instagram reels. Lol

  • dpkirchner  5 months ago

    I don't know about Shorts but Instagram has solved the addiction problem by ignoring signals like the user tapping "not interested" or scrolling past videos quickly. They just show junk.

  • wumeow  5 months ago

    They copied TikTok.

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