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AIorNot ◴[] No.44567752[source]
Eh, People on their phones can’t be bothered with following plot lines everything has to be telegraphed
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bluefirebrand ◴[] No.44567761[source]
I think it is just as likely the other way around

People are on their phones because the slop they are being served is so shallow and meaningless that they can't be bothered to pay attention to it

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brokencode ◴[] No.44567788[source]
If that were the case, people would watch classic movies, read novels, etc.

No, I’m pretty sure social media has seriously hurt the average person’s attention span.

The idea of sitting down and watching a two hour movie is really quite daunting when you’re used to videos that are at most 30 min and often less than one.

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1. decimalenough ◴[] No.44567800[source]
Observe somebody browsing Tiktok/Instagram/YouTube Shorts. People compulsively swipe on to the next reel if the one they're watching doesn't hook them in within the first second.
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2. BobaFloutist ◴[] No.44574136[source]
Right, because the much vaunted Tik-Tok algorithm starts a stopwatch when the clip begins in order to determine whether or not to serve you more content like it.