@fromjason@mastodon.social if the algorithmic content feed model is showing you the content you're most likely to interact with first, isn't that the same as "your first hit (of dopamine) is free (costs no scrolling) to get you hooked (keep scrolling more and more for less and less reward)" So no wonder we get more miserable and more locked in the longer we scroll such feeds.
@ash @fromjason Ive felt this happening in my brain on Youtube Shorts. As soon as I consciously think to myself "am I even enjoying this?" I turn it off lol
@ash this is an excellent point and one that seems to be lost on our corporate overlord defender friends.