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  • Doug Lee

    I think this attention span decrease is actually documented. The echo chamber from algorithm issue is definitely documented. Short version: If you are shown more and more of what you just saw, you can end up seeing only a microscopic portion of what's out there. This is one reason I almost always surf Youtube in private/incognito windows, so Youtube can't get a fix on what it thinks I want. :-)

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  • The AI wizard

    That’s why TikTok is so popular, people have the attention span of a gnat.

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  • Lemuria

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  • Dannotations

    Wow, I went for 11 minutes. How is that even possible? :D I thought 10 minutes was the limit for regular accounts.

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  • Doug Lee

    For what it's worth, asking Google AI, "Is there a way to measure attention span objectively?" came up with rather a boatload of references for saying Yes. https://share.google/aimode/UYYbBN9K3JgriybXX But also, I don't think the shortening of attention span is a deliberate goal. I do think it's a natural side effect of several things that have become popular lately.

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  • Jasmin

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  • Doug Lee

    Jasmin: TwitLonger, and others I think did that also. In general, I started thinking of limited-length text posts as an art form, and I confess sometimes I was proud of fitting something into exactly the limit sometimes. To make maximal use of minimal space also inspired much Twitter poetry, of which I produced a small bit as well.

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  • Jasmin

    At Doug Lee yes I remember during that time it was also a challenge for me to be able to shorten things lol. I did used to use Twitter a lot back then so I had to get used to that.

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