Things people say, nod and agree with, but did we really think about that?
"Short form video content is bad it makes for short attention spans."
Been hearing this a lot with reference to tiktok. But, it's been around since I was a kid. (MTV is bad, see MaxHeadroom satirizing this through blipverts)
OK, the way that tiktok can induce slack-jawed zoned out infi-scrolling seems "bad" because that seems like manipulation.
@futurebird I dont want to broad brush all short-vids. I watch the vids by @alliterative about language development and hist, and I love these. Short, not quick, to the point. So I think it can be done well.
But i dont like how some of the shortvids on bigbox sites dont give you time to digest. Or just raw stimulation. And then it immediately repeats giving less time to think or be critical. -That- I dont like.