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Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers by vkou on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:17PM (#26730590)
> It makes me think that once you've memorized all the narrative and visual tropes of western media, your bog standard reality TV is probably as intellectually engaging as videos like these.

As someone who can't help but look for those narrative and visual tropes, I can indeed confirm that the bog standard reality TV show, and the vast majority of non-reality TV shows are about this intellectually un-engaging.

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Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers by nerdponx on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:59PM (#26733226)
I also wonder if it's somehow specifically engineered to keep your attention. The alternating yellow and black lines specifically seemed like a weird feature, and it made me wonder if the whole thing wasn't somehow calibrated, rather than low-effort and arbitrary.
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Re:YouTube Kids a “vapid wasteland” say US lawmakers by gilmore606 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:29PM (#26733496)
It's very common for multiple version of these videos to be uploaded with only aesthetic differences, presumably for the next round of engagement optimization.
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