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I've noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now

Even people or older generations seem to be getting sucked in nowadays

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Say no to shorts on every platform.

[–] remus989@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Even porn is getting shorts. What the hell is going on Internet?!

[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That might be the one genre where I wouldn't even notice the difference.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Do you mean to tell me that you don't watch long-form porn, spending 6 hours in a row on one video?

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Tumblr, a decade ago lawl

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Is getting? Tumblr was waaaaaay ahead of the curve then, a million years ago

[–] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I mostly agree, but I really like Daniel LaBelle's shorts.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s I disagree.

They remind me of the d nickelodeon pictures that actually cost a nickel. I think you youngins should salute your shorts. It’s fun to watch wild and crazy kids doing stupid bottle tricks. Legends of the hidden temple in some state park nearby. It’s just cool stuff and you can’t do that on television.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I might agree with you if the shorts player wasn't ass. Everything about it works differently to the video player, and everything about it pushes you to more shorts. Even on the video player I disable autoplay and the prev/next buttons, having a player built around those was DOA for me.