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Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by cobertos on Monday September 27, 2021 @07:42PM (#28677531)
I used to in college. Extremely bad habit, was easy to spend 4+ hours there just hitting the right arrow.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by wheybags on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:08AM (#28680101)
Same. I stopped when I realised it was passively teaching me celebrity gossip, which I never wanted to know.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by new_guy on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:03AM (#28680671)
It's so easy to absorb 'celebrity' gossip, I always wondered if it'd be possible to do the same with say science or maths, if it was presented in the same kind of format.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by cobertos on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @04:51PM (#28687334)
I think the hardest part is the rigour. Math and science build on concepts over time, and mastery is easier with more hands-on experience. Just presenting it to someone in a feed might be waaay too passive for absorption.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by rchaud on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @10:28AM (#28683192)
Easy way to find out. Remove the pictures from celebrity gossip posts, and see how much you remember.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by andkon on Monday September 27, 2021 @07:51PM (#28677597)
Somehow I’d always end up doing this most right in the middle of finals.
Re:Imgur Acquired by Medialab by still_grokking on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @07:07AM (#28681391)
You can actually spend days doing that…