I don’t know if I’ve experienced it before getting hooked on shorts, which I open, count to 50 bad videos and then close, only to open it again in hope of something good…

But the feeling is like that your consciousness is getting from the screen to the area behind your eyes and you suddenly see the edge of the phone, your hands, everything.

  • The Velour Fog @lemmy.world
    11·
    2 months ago

    Short form videos on an algorithm are designed to be addictive. You now have an addiction just as these tech bros intended. You can stop at any time. Try to find a hobby that takes up your time and interest instead of watching these videos.

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    I had something similar when I was using reddit. Constantly addicted to the site.

    I didn’t know how bad it had actually gotten until when the API changes happened I uninstalled the app I was using.

    For like the next 2 or 3 months, I would consistently catch myself sliding the side bar open and tapping where the app used to be. In some cases I would get in a loop and I would have attempted it like 6 or 7 times before realizing what I was doing.

    The solution like others have said is disengage. The entire point of those platforms are addiction and entertainment. Shorts are even worse than entertainment posts as you can’t use the time waste on an individual level.

    I had to fully block reddit at the DNS level to separate as I kept wanting to go back. I’m starting to notice the same effect when I’m on lemmy so as of late so I’m working on that.

    • Nikls94@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      Omg thank you. I have AdGuard Pro for life and just did this. I’ll uninstall Lemmy as well. Take care.

  • durinn@programming.dev
    2·
    2 months ago

    Fortunately, I was busy experiencing foreign cultures abroad when that kind of media consumption took off, so I dodged it and never got hooked. Considering that I may only live once, nothing gives me greater anxiety than imaging a life that I wasted on nothing. While this video is sort of sarcastic, it also sort of isn’t.