Comment on American former tech executive explains how to make users more addicted
fubarx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If a product makes money on engagement metrics (ads, eyeballs, time), they’ll do everything they can do to maximize for that.
The slot machine analogy is apt. There’s research out there on how much time to optimize the dopamine hit and how long to go before you dispense the hit.
The trick is, as a consumer, to set limits and step away. Considering we’re here, best of luck to us all.
theneverfox@pawb.social 1 day ago
Here is better. No one profits off us per eyeball hour (at least not on my instance)
It’s all about incentives
Kyuuketsuki@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Any post you click through on (like the YouTube link in this one) ostensibly profits off us per eyeball hour, regardless of instance.
Which is why I really appreciate people that mirror the content in their posts or comments (though I sometimes click through anyway to make sure the content isn’t editorialized).
theneverfox@pawb.social 1 day ago
Yeah, but here there’s no real algorithm. That’s a huge difference, even if you jump into their platform, you just have to jump back before they serve up the next thing
lemming741@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I come straight to the comments where an article is either copy-paste if it’s worth reading, or called out immediately if it’s click bait or raw propaganda.