New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring social media platforms to show warning labels to younger users before they’re exposed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill requiring social media platforms to show warning labels to younger users before they’re exposed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.
Social media are addictive by default including lemmy
Algorithms are addictive by design. I don’t think that non-algorithmic social media is generally addictive. Forums existed since the start of the internet and they were never an issue. They are even making a comeback now that people are getting tired of algorithms telling them what to see and what to think.
I disagree the algorithm is not what is addictive it is the infinite feed
One doesn’t go without the other otherwise there is always a top or bottom (depending on the sort direction) to reach.
I personally use non algorithmic social media a lot more than algorithmic feed