News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed with YouTube. Parent comment

Re:Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed with YouTube by sjg007 on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @02:56PM (#14913541)
I found that it reduced my concentration and ability to focus.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed with YouTube by CM30 on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:30PM (#14915968)
I found the same thing after I started using Twitter and Facebook. Old school websites as a kid? Eh, didn't hurt my concentration that much.

But modern social media sites are something different entirely, and they've likely given their users a 30 second attention span or worse.

[ Parent | on HN ]