Jumping from racism to misusing the Gen Z word brainrot like an old lamer.

Pinning it down to attention spans -

1. Plenty of people who don't use TikTok or clones have the attention span issue.

2. Studies aren't backing it. There is no reason why short form video is worse than lets say HN or Reddit.

There is no theoretical reason, there is limited proof.

I'm not sure this article has a link to attention and short form video. It ends off topic on dark patterns and addiction.

The article is just a shotgun trying to get you to feel anxiety.

TikTok Vs pre-internet society with 40 stories being ads and news in 30 mins. Sorry I'm going to choose eastern Europeans hobby tunneling and silkscreen easter eggs over McDonalds ads and baseball scores.

Step 1..n. Focus on long-form content and setting screens down, reading, and going outside.

I absolutely hate how video-based social media has normalized blasting audio in public.

Playing music over speakers in public spaces used to be taboo, or at least I remember that being the case. Hearing those 2-5 second blasts of whatever crap pops up on people's feeds is slowly driving me insane.

It feels like this happens FUCKING EVERYWHERE too. Subway. Restaurant. Movie theaters. Doesn't matter. It's irritating. Doubly so for people who have AirPods or other headphones LITERALLY in their pocket.