What happens to kids' brains when they binge TikTok's endless stream of bite-sized videos?

‘TikTok brain’ may be coming for your kid’s attention span::Emerging research suggests that TikTok’s rapid-fire short videos are affecting the attention spans of its younger users, making it harder for them to engage in activities that require more sustained attention.

  • IceMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    How did you come to conclusion they weren’t (mostly) correct? The average attention span is getting shorter every generation, maybe they were right all along ;)

    • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      You know what I did before the internet? Be bored. A lot. It was fucking boring. It was unbearably dull. If people want to fill their lives with tiktok when they are waiting at a bus stop instead of just staring into nothing, more power to them.

      I used to watch boring, crap fucking TV just because there was four TV channels and it was raining outside. Already read all my books twice over. Awful.

      • IceMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Alright, doesn’t mean it didn’t lower your attention span. Just that you’re less bored :D