Yeah I downloaded TikTok once It was off my phone like the same day I only watch youtube shorts if 1 in particular interests me and then I move on back to normal videos
To be honest, @fuzzymelon1261, I have ADHD too, and short form content is just plain boring. It really hurts to hear that this generation is losing attention spans.
I feel so bad for people who were born in 2015+, the amount of things thrown at them kind of kills their personality, it all influences their behavior and who they want to be.
As a gen-alpha, (2010 onwards) it’s a really big challenge for me to keep my good attention span. From influences at school and my mum not being a help either with her being addicted, I can’t even explain how hard it is to stay away from.
Having ADHD, I actually get existential boredom looking at short form content that is only trying to entertain me by manipulating our primal insticts to keep me hooked and passive. It's all just so meaningless when so much random information is thrown at you rapid fire. We really are starting to live in a world similar to what the book Fahrenheit 451 predicted. (Some books are even being banned in US schools!)
@Flamin Blaster Essentially just a dystopia where people’s attention spans are so low and consumed to media, that they basically ignore the constant wars and lost all humanity, even going so far as to burning books.
my favourite are pretty specific, but it just happens the videos i like are about 22 minutes. I love this type of content, the stuff that t3rr0r creates and many other creators make. the analyizing vids and informational, ect.
I can watch up to a hour long video in one sitting, and prefer if its above 20 minutes. less than 20 is good, I agree, but there are just some really long videos that are a work of art. Video documentaries like this one are great.
As someone with ADHD, I used to have tiktok and would spend mere hours watching tiktok, until I realized how much of an impact it was having on my sleep schedule and my attention span, I didn't want my brain to stop having a high attention span, so I deleted the app. I wanna watch long videos from people like grian ;-;
My ex got me hooked on TikTok, was able to cut it out off my life a couple months, man the first few weeks were rough, it was up there with giving up smoking. Never again
@@theone.whoasked Play chess, it is a great board game and it has proven to increase attention span and develop several parts o your brain while being very exciting.
Speeeeeeeeedrunning shorts #90 (I think they’re already at that number 💀) - A bunch of weird shorts - a lot of use of that happy but in pain guy All in all a 10/10 TH-cam shorts moment. The guy is pretty chill tho
Part of it is that, but also most yt shorts are just waste of time. They ask a question then don't answer it and just advertise. Then they make a pt 2 and do the same thing. Imo that's the main reason for speedrunning shorts.
I think the reason it was created is because to prove how stupid shorts have become, with people faking stuff, people being dumb, and practically coming up with ways to tell you to kill yourself withoht them knowing.
These speedrunning shorts literally give us half baked answers with no other explanation or context than the question asked by the shorts they steal from people
the explosion of TikTok didn't only affect the quality of content, but of music as well. popular music nowadays is getting shorter, more generic to appeal to a wider audience. as a self-taught musician, it's genuinely heartbreaking to see because i love uniqueness in the music sphere and good music is no longer as popular as it used to be
I wish Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong could come rising back from their graves to give us long and complicated music from the 1930's again. I wasn't born anywhere near that time and I think they're better than most music these days.
That's why you gotta look for artists that has like over 100000 fans but the general Populace doesn't know about like dragonforce twilight force or within temptation they make (3) 5-15 minutes songs (occasionally 3 minute songs but not usually)
i'm diagnosed with adhd and i've been using tiktok for like, a few months now. i'm trying my hardest to get my attention span back together by watching channels like turkey tom or tro, hell, even you. i really like your content, please keep making more of it
@@BLET_55artem55 i watch movies, pretty much every night. also yea those channels are great too, i watch them every once in a while. thanks for the tips though :D
I actually wrote an essay about how "short form content" like this has been affecting attention span over the past decade. I find it crazy that a lot of the points in here I absolutely agree with, but it has so much more info and content than I could have ever thought of. This is awesome! Good stuff!
The amount of people with ADHD (myself included) that have commented something along the lines of them having a longer attention span than that of the average TikTok user is very alarming. Many people don't realise the treasure that is their attention span and capability of living and thriving without a constant stream of extra dopamine into their brain. It's really sad.
ADHD doesnt mean thay you have a bellow average attention-span, it mostly means that you can't control it completly (thus why you have the "hyper focus " state for adhd people where you are too focused on something to the point where you'll even forget basic necessities such as eating sleeping etc )
i have autism, which is a slightly different situation, but i need a happy medium of stimulation. i'm more prone to understimulation and boredom, and paradoxically, that actually causes me to hyperfocus on the sound around me and become overstimulated as a result. something i noticed with high tiktok use is that i would find myself getting bored of the audiobooks i listen to while working, and that was my sign to scale back my use of the app. now i essentially just watch it with my girlfriend before we go to bed and i just jumped ship on twitter as well. seeing some positive results, i like to listen to youtube videos while playing roguelikes, and when i pause it to use the bathroom, sometimes i'll find myself forgetting that the video was there in the first place when i get back and just enjoying the game without the background noise. the damage that high amounts of short form content causes is definitely reversible if you have a bit of temperance.
Not the professional, but to more serious ones. When I was a little kid (5-8), I used to watch these disturbing Roblox/Minecraft kids letsplayers, but not an ordinary ones. Even tho they were goofy and cringe most of the time, there were a lot of little moments when they were serious, discussed their content like "Hey guys, I'm not enjoying my content, what do you think I should change?" or "I've been kinda depressed lately because I want to make more serious content, but you, most likely, won't watch it. Should I try it?". He left the YT about a year ago, got a normal job and now lives a good life
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
Honestly I am so glad that, despite having ADD, I've managed to preserve my attention span. It's so nice being able to watch like 1-2 hour long video with ease.
As someone in the comments said ADD (or what they said ADHD) is not about below average attention span, it's actually just not being able to control it completely, I myself have ADD and I couldn't agree more I've watched a more then half an hour essay of why Hello Neighbor is awfully, all 4 chapters of Vincent The Secret of Myers (which is an indie game that absolutely amazing you should check it), all the comics in Bendy and Boris The Quest for the Ink Machine, a 3 hour long animation for pokemon red, all the episodes of the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared TV show, a half an hour creepypasta, and so much more. To say that these hooked me is an understatement, I was entranced, not one second of these are dull, wouldn't pause or put it down til it finished, and I couldn't feel more entertained and in some cases wanting more. But for TH-cam Shorts or Tiktok, it's rather I get hooked for abit and then the boredom of scrolling down mindlessly sets in early, in which I just put it down to avoid getting addicted. Or I do get addictted to it and watch hours of it then the boredom finally kicks in which I realize how much of my day it took, when that happens, I end up feeling like I just wasted my time for hours just for some fun that will completely disappear once I put down the phone and I even forget what I even what shorts i watched, so I just feel mindless and unsatisified.
If I didn't drop out high school I'd probably be using TikTok now due to peer pressure. Even an internet friend I knew for few years submitted to it and when we would meet once in a while she'd mainly talk to me about TikTok videos and if I saw this and that... And like, I had nothing to say back to her. Just nodding and fake chuckling when she decided to show me... I never liked short content and would rather listen to something long in the background while I'm doing something else, it doesn't even need to be meaningful, I just like having background noise.
I actually have adhd (diagnosed by a real doctors when I was six) yet I go out of my way to listen to the radio, because I know what stations to choose so I can listen to talk shows.
I personally avoid short form contents and stick with mid to long length videos as i find them more entertaining, and when i watch them again they seem to go past faster.
As a short creator, I’ve learned a lot in the past year of making shorts, I’ve learnt that passion won’t matter anymore, kids see and hear things they like and that’s what they are hooked to, I’ve have also been put into this trend however I’ve learnt how to KIND OF, control it I don’t like TH-cam shorts I’ve always wanted to make long term animations, but I’ve learnt that only way I’m gonna get seen is through shorts, I’ve been able to upload what I’m passionate about, animation and art. Just not the way I’ve always wanted to.
The Spiffing Brit did an experiment on this where he made 2 channels one shorts and one normal the shorts channel got really popular and made a lot of money really fast while the normal one just sorta died
As someone with ADHD believe me... THIS IS HELL. And not because we're stuck scrolling. But because i hate the unoriginality. Creativity is the basis of my existance. This is the death of creativity. A slow, horrific funeral...
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
@miasubia Does trying to be okay count? I mean, I try to stick to what i enjoy. I try to find creative people doing creative things to entertain myself, and if all else fails... fine, I'll do it myself. Thank you for asking, by the way
I never use short form content and I can see it paying off. Normally you wouldn’t be able to tell because everyone has the same attention span but I can easily tell now cuz most of my friends use tiktok and cannot focus for more than 8 seconds
Well as a side effect of having a longer attention span than your friends whenever you try to show them something they always never get to the good part of the thing you are trying to show them and turn away after 6 seconds it is a double edged sword
@@justalonelyshape3126 I would prefer to be alone than to be like my "friends" who are thoughtless, pieces of mindless flesh and lacking individuality. I am a 13 year old and i can clearly see how short form content is affecting the world and turning every human into scrolling machines that cant think for themselves.
@@mrkoyunreis damn bro, I got another one of these "conspiracy tunnels" from your comment. All I can say is that you're too getting manipulated by these extremely aggressive YTbers you're watching that are capitalising off of teens' chaoticness(?) and overexaggerated demand for rapid changes
@@mrkoyunreisyou need to realize that you're kinda being too dramatic, I don't watch til tok and I have noticed that my friends who do have a smaller attention span, but calling them basically just walking corpses is absolutely ridiculous
I am proud to say I’ve never download tiktok. I hate how much social media is pushing short form content Especially the mobile gameplay under a clip like family guy
Dude I absolutely hate that content I mostly want to watch the family guy clips because I haven't seen family guy but the damn mobile game gameplay distracts me because I can't focus which passes me off like what the hell do you want me to focus on goddammit
@@amaya6091those shorts got me hooked on Family Guy, and after getting annoyed so often I just went and watched the show, and it was soooo much better. No annoying gameplay distraction, no cutting off right before the punchline, no awful subtitles, etc. I’m sure shorts/tiktok has a purpose and can be used for good, but idk
One time, my entire shorts feed just got completely filled to the brim with dumbass children trying to gain the algorithm by filming videos with their low quality camera and rainbow friends/ABC lore plushies. It was truly a sight to see, I'll tell you that.
This was kind of the reason I decided to delete a lot of social media platforms I used to use at a daily basis. Although I personally never found it in myself to ever use TikTok (which I am better off not using anyway), I used to use Instagram a lot. After years of using it, I eventually came to the realization and started hating the fact that I was now just mindlessly scrolling through daily posts by people I follow, or random posts that popped up in my feed. Not only that, but at one point, I really cared about how much people viewed my posts and how many likes it got. I was searching for validation from followers, which was ultimately pointless because it’s not like that validation is long-term. I feel a lot more at peace just limiting myself to TH-cam to watch lengthy videos, and Discord to chat with close friends. And I have been finding plenty of new hobbies to spend my time doing rather than wasting my time away with pointless scrolling. Social media can really be damaging.
You know what's more messed up? There are bags with TikTok printed on them and also some clothes, but where tf is TH-cam and Discord? That's how China brainwashes people, I think China wants to take over the world like Japan does with their Anime.
As someone who uses Instagram, I can agree. there are times where i realized that i'm spending too much time on Instagram. It makes me realize how much damage social media does to a person, a way more tragic example of that is Twitter.
dude, i've always appreciated your videos but you've seriously stepped the quality up lately. The editing, topics, and flow of this video is so well done and all the power to you! Can't wait to see where you'll end up in a year 🙌
11/10 video, everything here is just so true to how modern content is being made, especially with Short videos and watching mindless and repetitive videos for hours on end. It really is just hurting our attention spans, so good job speaking out, T3rr0r.
Really liked this topic as it is not touched on nearly enough. Deleted tiktok more than a year ago and now i'm still somewhat stuck on instagram reels but it's wasting way less time. I used to watch tiktoks for 3 hours in bed before i got up and it killed me inside when i looked at the time. Great video all together and keep up the good work!
I really liked this video. I've always preferred diamond in the rough content like this over tik tok or Shorts any day. Thanks for making videos like this, whatever your rhyme or reason is for doing so beats the piss out of the manufactured milquetoast overproduced garbage TH-cam has turned into. I appreciate your work, however much that means. I had a whole essay I planned on writing as a comment but scrapped it, too many words for too silly an issue.
@@Natsuki_Kat Same lollll, like i have no idea about all the slang and memes that are popular on tiktok hence popular in my school too. I don't regret quitting tiktok though, in the last 1.5 years i've had so much more time to do good stuff instead of staring into a screen.
Thank you so much for highlighting this issue.Just like you,I also used to get stuck in that filthy shorts trap .You can overcome those addictions, but that Costs a high value.It took me too long to overcome scrolling habit.but now i am free . Once again, thank you ❤❤❤.
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@@johnhoppkins6854 ok so basically in 2077 there was this war between united states and china that ended up destroying all if modern civilization. Fast forward to 2161, a vault dweller is sent outside their vault by the overseer in order to find a replacement for their broken waterchip. **spoilers** After the vault dweller finds the water chip, he logs his recordings of the wasteland to the overseer. When the overseer views the recording, he gets worried as someone is making mutants and could result in the vault being attacked. The vault dweller gets sent out once again to kill the master and destroy the mutant military base. After months of mental anguish and watching his companions die, he returns to the vault only to be exiled by the overseer out of fear that everyone in the vault would emulate the vault dweller. The vault dweller hangs his head low and returns to the wasteland knowing he will never see the friends and family he has saved ever again.
everytime i accidently click a youtube short and scroll for 5 minutes i question what i’m doing with my life and my future and feel like i’m wasting my life. How do y’all scroll on tiktok everyday
The only short form content I ever watch anymore is TH-cam shorts from the people I’m subscribed to. But I used to just be stuck in this endless “one more video” loop of TH-cam shorts
T3rr0r, I’m really liking the direction you’re going in. You’re one of my top commentary channels considering I’ve been here since the Emoji Movie commentary lol :) that reminder to go outside was a nice touch too, reminded me of Adult Swim
I have ADHD and i try to stay as far as possible from tik tok and shorts. I still am not very productive because i love playing games. I still like to go outside with my friends every time i have the occasion or play games with them.
AB epic pfp? And stop that "I'm not productive enough" bull shot. You're productive enough if you feel like you're productive enough. Don't get into this "productivity cult"
@@BLET_55artem55 yes angry birds epic pfp. Yhea might exagerate with this being peoductive thing. Afterall sometimes have nothing to do. I dont have any work left and the only thing i can do ia play video games.
This is from the point of view from me, a autistic person (I have only seen tik-tok from my friends I have never used it by myself). Short form content can be very overstimulating, A lot of it is very loud and when there are multiple things on screen like mobile gameplay or some ASMR shit I can only focus on one, The actual video or the gameplay. Not to mention while my friends scroll the first few seconds can be very loud so that ends up being overstimulating too. I just don't really understand how people keep using tik-tok because its easy for me to see when something is trying to grab my attention and I always wonder how do people not notice this is grabbing their attention. TLDR: Tik-tok is overstimulating and I do not understand why people use it. Edit: I do not use TH-cam shorts either
Agree, these family guy clips and similar things are a god damn views bait, so I'm just skipping them in YT shorts. And yes, a lot of these are very stupid and loud, luckily the "don't recommend the channel" exist and after a month of cleaning I can finally enjoy the ones I actually watch
love your conclusion at the end of the vid. That was exactly why i deleted tiktok two years ago and why i deleted all other social media sites except youtube. First I felt like i was learning soomething, but then i just noticed that i was getting addicted and couldn't even remember anything that i watched after ending my scrolling session. Now I feel much better. I still rarely return to tiktok, just to watch one tiktoker I really like cause I really enjoyy him as a creator.
I came here to hear a guy roasting TikTok, and i found a guy explaining psychology and attention span in a very sophisticated way. Now im still looking for a guy roasting TikTok
There was a period of time where i was addicted to shorts until i got super bored and started going outside to play football (soccer for the Americans) with my freinds (i am 14yrs old) and whenever i come back, i just watch longfrom videos its 10x better than sitting all day on my bed or couch scrolling cluelessly. For anyone whos addicted to shorts or tikok i suggest u delete it and start going outside and hangout with ur freinds or play any sport u like, its way better than staying on ur phone. When i was addicted to tiktok and shorts i literally had 0 social skills all because i was sitting alone i was only speaking online with my friends(that was in the 2020-2021 period) its because it ruins ur social skills and can harm ur mind. I used to get shitty marks due to my attention span but now i actually get good marks and proud of myself. Trust me stop watching tiktok and go meet people and practice hobbies.
as someone having adhd and aspergers syndrome i enjoy watching long documents more than 1 minute videos however it is a nice tool of distraction when im waiting for the bus or the train
Agree, I sometimes like to go on a chores spree with some random podcast-ish video. And the fact that I have to pick another vid every 10-14 mins really annoys me
I deleted tiktok, and I notice now my attention span has improved substantially and I'm overall happier. I hope more people come to the realization of what happens to your brain and attention span when you are a daily user on tiktok or other social medias supporting short form content.
I have ADHD and I cannot stand short videos. I like to put videos on while I'm doing something else (housework, cooking, playing sims etc) and having to constantly babysit my video stream is extremely annoying
I will never download TikTok. While I do have a short attention span, I spend it watching bursts of a long video or a playlist. Right now, I’m working on an all shrines in BOTW video.
Play chess, it is a great board game and it has proven to increase attention span and develop several parts o your brain while being very exciting. I believe chess should be compulsory for everyone because it teaches people to be more rational and fierce.
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
VPN to Russia, RosComNadzor (Russian Communication Watch) disabled a adds on YT (and we have the RuTube thing that nobody cares about as an "emergency shelter")
My little Sister started using tiktok some time ago, and holy shit did I notice the lack of attention to anything. We both used to enjoy Zelda BOTW together, and while she struggled on some Dungeons back then, she always ended up beating them. She played around 5 Minutes of Zelda TOTK and said it was boring because nothing was happening, which truly blew my Mind. The Zelda games are designed around exploration and all that stuff, not constant Screen flashes that stimulate your Brain or something. Really made me sad how the Internet can mess up developing Brains, if used incorrectly. Now I can barely have a meaningful Conversation with her, without her pulling her Phone out to go on tiktok... She basically lost the Ability to finish basic things, such as making Food etc. My Mom stopped allowing her to have tiktok downloaded for a few Months because of that, and I actually saw a bit of improvement in that time, but after they had a Conversation about it (I have no Idea what my Sister told my Mom) she now is allowed to use tiktok again for some Reason. I can barely handle even watching what she is doing without feeling frustrated. It kinda feels like a Drug, that gets worse the more you use it, but gets better if you stop using it. Problem is, its still addictive and makes you think you need it. I am glad that I realized how bad tiktok is for younger people, and that I never really used it to get addicted to it.
Fell down the pipeline a couple times, thankfully i don't watch yt shorts or instagram reels as much and can enjoy longer videos like these. Great vid 👍
When he said micro-celebrity at 8:08 I thought of that one lyric from Hyakugojyuuichi 2003 by Lemon Demon and then at 8:15 The Ultimate Showdown started playing and I was like "WOOOAAAHH"
I have a friend who is kinda addicted to tiktok. But when we are just chilling and he is using tiktok or yt shorts, i get SO annoyed by the sounds off the apps. I tell hem to turn it off and he does
I introduced my younger Nephew to Red Dead Redemption hoping he'd find a liking to classic games. We weren't even out of the main menu before he said "I'm bored-" and pulled out his phone to watch Tiktok
Whenever my friends show me a bunch of tiktoks on their phone cuz we don't know what to talk about, I always feel overstimulated and sometimes get half or even fully space out Barely enough time to process what happened and too much stuff going on
That’s why I only balance 2 online platforms TH-cam And instagram I even do my best to avoid shorts or reels . Maybe watching a handful a day , unless I’m really bored😊😊
The death of our attention spans is truly tragic. I hope TikTok gets completely ban within the coming months. Not only is it killing people, it’s poisoning our minds.
Not ban just Shut down Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
I'm honestly really happy that I escaped TH-cam shorts by using Revanced, which rid it from my feed entirely, and I'm now feeling better and watching longer videos because of it.
I don’t use tiktok. But i do have a story. One time i was staying at a hotel in which there were activities that parents could sign their kids up for. I wanted to see if any of them were interesting. So i went on the website and then i saw something that made my heart sink. It said: TikTok lessons for kids. I just straight up left my soul. Let’s just say I didn’t go to that activity.
I almost always have an issue with TH-cam, whenever I wake up in the morning my video feed is just video that are about 30 seconds when I really just want a 10-20 minute video
This is exactly why I tend to watch videos that are 30min-1hr (with substantial value, like a documentary, in depth tutorial, or comedy for example) I used to like shorter videos, but I noticed that my attention span was getting shorter, so now I only ever watch shorter videos for background music while I study or if it HAPPENS to be something interesting. TL;DR: I noticed my attention span began to lower the more short videos I watched. so if you want to increase your attention span while still enjoying watching content, then watch longer videos that are 25min at minimum
I get so addictive in youtube short's it was like i've been brainwashed. Tiktok can't brainwashed me because tiktok is kind of boring to me but short's is brainwashing you and me without realizing.
your shorts algorithm is likely more attuned to your interests. you have to go actively searching when you download tiktok to curate your for you page, while youtube shorts takes cues from the non-shorts videos you watch.
Right from the beginning, I've never been a fan of shorts, and I never considered tiktok, even on TH-cam, I don't watch shorts of my favorite creators, and I actively seek out longer videos, the longer and more thought provoking, the better.
I really got into TikTok when it was at its heyday back in 2017 and got so addicted to it to the point where I made my own TikToks. Most of the stuff was really making fun of most trends besides the okay sign being lowered to your leg “the gottem meme”. My dad knew it was a problem and decided to delete the app on my phone. Unfortunately my mum and dad downloaded TikTok on their phones, but most of the videos were mainly about A.I. bs and videos about data analytics. They tried to prove to me that TikTok isn’t as bad as they seem because all because there are some bad apples, doesn’t mean there aren’t any tasty ones in the tree. But my problem wasn’t the stupid trends but the spam of our attention. I was no stranger to doing two things at the same time, like watching The Misadventures of Flapjack while playing on my PS2. But I kinda noticed a drop in my attention span and ended up watching shorts for hours and hours one end to the point where it was unhealthy and wasted a lot of valuable time. I managed to escape the pipeline but unfortunately keep coming back. That’s why I watch more normal length or even extremely long length content to increase my attention span. It also makes me worried for our generation or even our society as a whole to the point where Idiocracy might end up aging like wine, which is one of the few things you do not want to really age well. I’m just glad TikTok is getting banned and maybe even our reel or short content off of the various platforms we use everyday (except for Facebook though). I will feel sad for the content creators that got their subscribers through it, but I think it’s for the best to sacrifice for the greater good for our society. I just hope people realise this and start to increase our attention spans before our brains turned into mush. We humanity started this whole ordeal, and we’re the only ones to end it once and for all. Thank you for reading.
hey i know this is an old video but i felt the need to post this comment. When you mentioned how you used to spend all your free time after finishing a school assignment watching yt shorts I remembered how I used to do exactly the same. I am now trying to completely quit yt shorts but despite my best efforts I still fall back into the loop of repeat watching that sludge content and I end up hating myself afterwards. Hearing how you used to do the same thing and how you have stopped has really motivated me to continue my journey to break free from shortform content. Thank you for this amazing video and I hope you continue to release great videos such as this one. Have a great day to you and anyone reading this
Sorted by new in the comments section hoping to see some tik tok users defending the app. Found none, I guess any video longer than 60 seconds scares them off.
TikTok is destroying our attention span. It's becoming harder to watch movies, to listen to longer songs, to be interested in anything. We have to stop the mindless scrolling somehow
Newer movies are mostly garbage tbh, and wdym longer songs? There aren't much 6+ mins songs. And with 5min- I'll give you a life example: recently I've tried to listen to all "Survivor Band" songs, and like 78% of them were either too repetitive (like the same accord for 5:13), boring or just not the subgenre I like. But there also were some true hidden gems
@@BLET_55artem55 Maybe I articulated my point incorrectly! I didn't mean myself especifically, I think there's great movies coming out in the last few years (indie movies especially) and songs as well. I meant that TikTok has an impact on our society and the industry as a whole, especially the music industry. Songs are becoming shorter because that's what people keep looking for but personally, I love longer songs (Lift Your Skinny Fists is one of my favorite albums of all time). Don't want to self promote or anything but that's something I talked about in a video I made!
despite having ADHD, I actually get bored of shorts and tik Tok. tik Tok is also extremely toxic and I hate it. I prefer longer content like this
Yeah I downloaded TikTok once
It was off my phone like the same day
I only watch youtube shorts if 1 in particular interests me and then I move on back to normal videos
same tho im slowly getting addicted to shorts but im trying to restrain myself
Same. But it may have to do with the fact that when I was three years old I accidentally mistook my dad’s beer for apple juice.
To be honest, @fuzzymelon1261, I have ADHD too, and short form content is just plain boring. It really hurts to hear that this generation is losing attention spans.
Same, I have ADHD as well and shorts are just boring for me, that’s why I go here on TH-cam to watch better shorts for entertainment nowadays.
I feel so bad for people who were born in 2015+, the amount of things thrown at them kind of kills their personality, it all influences their behavior and who they want to be.
As a gen-alpha, (2010 onwards) it’s a really big challenge for me to keep my good attention span. From influences at school and my mum not being a help either with her being addicted, I can’t even explain how hard it is to stay away from.
Well, not all people born in 2015 and after. The majority.
I was lucky because my childhood was between 2017 and 2018
Black Lives Matter is a bad thing tho…. It’s a scam
My sister 😔
I don't regret never downloading TikTok.
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I don’t have much to say but I wanna comment for the algorithm because this video was genuinely incredible
Hey! It's U again!
Ayy raymundo
You serve us proud
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I think I somehow found this video only cause I watched your videos lately so thank you for the content, found this goodie now.
Having ADHD, I actually get existential boredom looking at short form content that is only trying to entertain me by manipulating our primal insticts to keep me hooked and passive.
It's all just so meaningless when so much random information is thrown at you rapid fire. We really are starting to live in a world similar to what the book Fahrenheit 451 predicted.
(Some books are even being banned in US schools!)
What's that
@@flaminblaster one popular dystopia
@Flamin Blaster Essentially just a dystopia where people’s attention spans are so low and consumed to media, that they basically ignore the constant wars and lost all humanity, even going so far as to burning books.
Another of my kind!!?
Actually though I would rather shove a broken bottle up my ass instead of watching tiktok because my already awful attention span will because worse
I like 5 minute videos as they don't waste time and get to the point but sometimes 30 min esseys are a type of art
Most of the channels I watch make 10-20 minute videos,
But sometimes I do watch 1 hour + videos
I watch videos from 2 minutes to 4 HOURS long because I like stuff that isn’t shorts :)
@@Mekko4dev same
my favourite are pretty specific, but it just happens the videos i like are about 22 minutes. I love this type of content, the stuff that t3rr0r creates and many other creators make. the analyizing vids and informational, ect.
I can watch up to a hour long video in one sitting, and prefer if its above 20 minutes. less than 20 is good, I agree, but there are just some really long videos that are a work of art. Video documentaries like this one are great.
As someone with ADHD, I used to have tiktok and would spend mere hours watching tiktok, until I realized how much of an impact it was having on my sleep schedule and my attention span, I didn't want my brain to stop having a high attention span, so I deleted the app. I wanna watch long videos from people like grian ;-;
Tip of advice: watch some films or documentaries
Grian is king
My ex got me hooked on TikTok, was able to cut it out off my life a couple months, man the first few weeks were rough, it was up there with giving up smoking. Never again
@@theone.whoasked Play chess, it is a great board game and it has proven to increase attention span and develop several parts o your brain while being very exciting.
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I think you could've mentioned speedrunning shorts. Our attention span is so bad, that we have to watch multple shorts in one short
Speeeeeeeeedrunning shorts #90 (I think they’re already at that number 💀)
- A bunch of weird shorts
- a lot of use of that happy but in pain guy
All in all a 10/10 TH-cam shorts moment. The guy is pretty chill tho
Part of it is that, but also most yt shorts are just waste of time. They ask a question then don't answer it and just advertise. Then they make a pt 2 and do the same thing. Imo that's the main reason for speedrunning shorts.
I think the reason it was created is because to prove how stupid shorts have become, with people faking stuff, people being dumb, and practically coming up with ways to tell you to kill yourself withoht them knowing.
These speedrunning shorts literally give us half baked answers with no other explanation or context than the question asked by the shorts they steal from people
@@whatisthispic6877 bro what did speedrunning shorts do to you?
As someone with ADHD. I am thankful that I am not interested with these weird TikTok and Shorts videos.
the explosion of TikTok didn't only affect the quality of content, but of music as well. popular music nowadays is getting shorter, more generic to appeal to a wider audience. as a self-taught musician, it's genuinely heartbreaking to see because i love uniqueness in the music sphere and good music is no longer as popular as it used to be
I wish Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong could come rising back from their graves to give us long and complicated music from the 1930's again. I wasn't born anywhere near that time and I think they're better than most music these days.
Meshuggah is life
That's why you gotta look for artists that has like over 100000 fans but the general Populace doesn't know about like dragonforce twilight force or within temptation they make (3) 5-15 minutes songs (occasionally 3 minute songs but not usually)
@@amaya6091 Be'Lakor
damn music is getting affected as well?!?! this is very bad
i'm diagnosed with adhd and i've been using tiktok for like, a few months now. i'm trying my hardest to get my attention span back together by watching channels like turkey tom or tro, hell, even you. i really like your content, please keep making more of it
@@BLET_55artem55 i watch movies, pretty much every night. also yea those channels are great too, i watch them every once in a while. thanks for the tips though :D
@@svr_w you may get bored with "movie a night", try to take brakes every once in a while
@@BLET_55artem55 will do, thanks
gl bro
Read a novel.
I actually wrote an essay about how "short form content" like this has been affecting attention span over the past decade. I find it crazy that a lot of the points in here I absolutely agree with, but it has so much more info and content than I could have ever thought of. This is awesome! Good stuff!
The amount of people with ADHD (myself included) that have commented something along the lines of them having a longer attention span than that of the average TikTok user is very alarming. Many people don't realise the treasure that is their attention span and capability of living and thriving without a constant stream of extra dopamine into their brain. It's really sad.
I have ADHD and I just spend a 3 hour flight in flight simulator without being bored. Isn’t that crazy
ADHD doesnt mean thay you have a bellow average attention-span, it mostly means that you can't control it completly (thus why you have the "hyper focus " state for adhd people where you are too focused on something to the point where you'll even forget basic necessities such as eating sleeping etc )
i have autism, which is a slightly different situation, but i need a happy medium of stimulation. i'm more prone to understimulation and boredom, and paradoxically, that actually causes me to hyperfocus on the sound around me and become overstimulated as a result. something i noticed with high tiktok use is that i would find myself getting bored of the audiobooks i listen to while working, and that was my sign to scale back my use of the app. now i essentially just watch it with my girlfriend before we go to bed and i just jumped ship on twitter as well. seeing some positive results, i like to listen to youtube videos while playing roguelikes, and when i pause it to use the bathroom, sometimes i'll find myself forgetting that the video was there in the first place when i get back and just enjoying the game without the background noise. the damage that high amounts of short form content causes is definitely reversible if you have a bit of temperance.
T3err0r went from goofy vids with funny audios to actualy professional vids, both are equally good
Not the professional, but to more serious ones. When I was a little kid (5-8), I used to watch these disturbing Roblox/Minecraft kids letsplayers, but not an ordinary ones. Even tho they were goofy and cringe most of the time, there were a lot of little moments when they were serious, discussed their content like "Hey guys, I'm not enjoying my content, what do you think I should change?" or "I've been kinda depressed lately because I want to make more serious content, but you, most likely, won't watch it. Should I try it?". He left the YT about a year ago, got a normal job and now lives a good life
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
Honestly I am so glad that, despite having ADD, I've managed to preserve my attention span. It's so nice being able to watch like 1-2 hour long video with ease.
As someone in the comments said ADD (or what they said ADHD) is not about below average attention span, it's actually just not being able to control it completely, I myself have ADD and I couldn't agree more
I've watched a more then half an hour essay of why Hello Neighbor is awfully, all 4 chapters of Vincent The Secret of Myers (which is an indie game that absolutely amazing you should check it), all the comics in Bendy and Boris The Quest for the Ink Machine, a 3 hour long animation for pokemon red, all the episodes of the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared TV show, a half an hour creepypasta, and so much more. To say that these hooked me is an understatement, I was entranced, not one second of these are dull, wouldn't pause or put it down til it finished, and I couldn't feel more entertained and in some cases wanting more.
But for TH-cam Shorts or Tiktok, it's rather I get hooked for abit and then the boredom of scrolling down mindlessly sets in early, in which I just put it down to avoid getting addicted. Or I do get addictted to it and watch hours of it then the boredom finally kicks in which I realize how much of my day it took, when that happens, I end up feeling like I just wasted my time for hours just for some fun that will completely disappear once I put down the phone and I even forget what I even what shorts i watched, so I just feel mindless and unsatisified.
I hate when some yt shorts creator is like *"Subscribe for part two!"*
Or, just make a full video about it! That's what TH-cam is for....
This reminds me of the YT shorts when they say "Full video in the description"
@@jakkurinjactenderjakala4129 and then there are no vids in the description 💀
It's weaponized to kill attention spams on purpose.
If I didn't drop out high school I'd probably be using TikTok now due to peer pressure. Even an internet friend I knew for few years submitted to it and when we would meet once in a while she'd mainly talk to me about TikTok videos and if I saw this and that... And like, I had nothing to say back to her. Just nodding and fake chuckling when she decided to show me... I never liked short content and would rather listen to something long in the background while I'm doing something else, it doesn't even need to be meaningful, I just like having background noise.
some sad world we live in
So true, my dad sits in tik tak, and bruhh, he shows me a video, and I pretend to laugh :/
Nice pfp
Anyways you ok?
I have ADHD yet i feel like the average ticktok user has a worse attention span than me.
I actually have adhd (diagnosed by a real doctors when I was six) yet I go out of my way to listen to the radio, because I know what stations to choose so I can listen to talk shows.
I was diagnosed at age 8 and i watch like 20-1hr long videos as short form content has no plot line and no point to keep me interested
@@aquatdog1294 you watch 20 hour long videos?
@@BLOOXEY subathon vods / videos that are collections of an entire series I guess.
@@aquatdog1294 ain't no way ADHD and watching a 20 hour video bruhh
I personally avoid short form contents and stick with mid to long length videos as i find them more entertaining, and when i watch them again they seem to go past faster.
This is one of them thought provoking videos that make this platform so good
As a short creator, I’ve learned a lot in the past year of making shorts, I’ve learnt that passion won’t matter anymore, kids see and hear things they like and that’s what they are hooked to, I’ve have also been put into this trend however I’ve learnt how to KIND OF, control it I don’t like TH-cam shorts I’ve always wanted to make long term animations, but I’ve learnt that only way I’m gonna get seen is through shorts, I’ve been able to upload what I’m passionate about, animation and art. Just not the way I’ve always wanted to.
The Spiffing Brit did an experiment on this where he made 2 channels one shorts and one normal the shorts channel got really popular and made a lot of money really fast while the normal one just sorta died
I will never regret not even trying Tiktok, like how could something like that get so popular.
As someone with ADHD believe me... THIS IS HELL. And not because we're stuck scrolling. But because i hate the unoriginality. Creativity is the basis of my existance. This is the death of creativity. A slow, horrific funeral...
Is it open casket?
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
@@sunnybowos266no, its cremation. a very slow cremation
@miasubia Does trying to be okay count? I mean, I try to stick to what i enjoy. I try to find creative people doing creative things to entertain myself, and if all else fails... fine, I'll do it myself. Thank you for asking, by the way
@miasubia Thank you.
I never use short form content and I can see it paying off. Normally you wouldn’t be able to tell because everyone has the same attention span but I can easily tell now cuz most of my friends use tiktok and cannot focus for more than 8 seconds
Well as a side effect of having a longer attention span than your friends whenever you try to show them something they always never get to the good part of the thing you are trying to show them and turn away after 6 seconds it is a double edged sword
@@justalonelyshape3126 I would prefer to be alone than to be like my "friends" who are thoughtless, pieces of mindless flesh and lacking individuality. I am a 13 year old and i can clearly see how short form content is affecting the world and turning every human into scrolling machines that cant think for themselves.
@@mrkoyunreis damn bro, I got another one of these "conspiracy tunnels" from your comment.
All I can say is that you're too getting manipulated by these extremely aggressive YTbers you're watching that are capitalising off of teens' chaoticness(?) and overexaggerated demand for rapid changes
@@mrkoyunreisyou need to realize that you're kinda being too dramatic, I don't watch til tok and I have noticed that my friends who do have a smaller attention span, but calling them basically just walking corpses is absolutely ridiculous
this reality is not hard for you but all of us
I am proud to say I’ve never download tiktok.
I hate how much social media is pushing short form content
Especially the mobile gameplay under a clip like family guy
Dude I absolutely hate that content I mostly want to watch the family guy clips because I haven't seen family guy but the damn mobile game gameplay distracts me because I can't focus which passes me off like what the hell do you want me to focus on goddammit
@@amaya6091those shorts got me hooked on Family Guy, and after getting annoyed so often I just went and watched the show, and it was soooo much better. No annoying gameplay distraction, no cutting off right before the punchline, no awful subtitles, etc. I’m sure shorts/tiktok has a purpose and can be used for good, but idk
I always make sure to watch hour long TH-cam videos, watch shows and read to keep my attention span healthy
If you can understand wth is going on in the "TeneT" movie, you attention span is too good to -keep you alive- worry about it
One time, my entire shorts feed just got completely filled to the brim with dumbass children trying to gain the algorithm by filming videos with their low quality camera and rainbow friends/ABC lore plushies. It was truly a sight to see, I'll tell you that.
I remember that time... I'm happy I escaped that hell.
I swear, ABC lore was a good concept to begin with, but obviously the internet had to ruin something good we have.
i’m so happy i escaped that hell
Mine is opposite, i got mine filled to the brim with dumbass adults lol
@@dejus_e yeah abc lore was pretty interesting
This was kind of the reason I decided to delete a lot of social media platforms I used to use at a daily basis.
Although I personally never found it in myself to ever use TikTok (which I am better off not using anyway), I used to use Instagram a lot.
After years of using it, I eventually came to the realization and started hating the fact that I was now just mindlessly scrolling through daily posts by people I follow, or random posts that popped up in my feed.
Not only that, but at one point, I really cared about how much people viewed my posts and how many likes it got. I was searching for validation from followers, which was ultimately pointless because it’s not like that validation is long-term.
I feel a lot more at peace just limiting myself to TH-cam to watch lengthy videos, and Discord to chat with close friends. And I have been finding plenty of new hobbies to spend my time doing rather than wasting my time away with pointless scrolling.
Social media can really be damaging.
Same I also Limit myself to Discord and TH-cam
You know what's more messed up? There are bags with TikTok printed on them and also some clothes, but where tf is TH-cam and Discord? That's how China brainwashes people, I think China wants to take over the world like Japan does with their Anime.
As someone who uses Instagram, I can agree. there are times where i realized that i'm spending too much time on Instagram.
It makes me realize how much damage social media does to a person, a way more tragic example of that is Twitter.
I mean the niquail chicken was an obvious joke if you watched the video but other than that his other points are very hard to disagree with
I’ve got a similar story and I’m just glad I deleted most social media when I did
dude, i've always appreciated your videos but you've seriously stepped the quality up lately. The editing, topics, and flow of this video is so well done and all the power to you! Can't wait to see where you'll end up in a year 🙌
T3rr0r single-handedly raising the attention span of everyone with this 22 minute banger
11/10 video, everything here is just so true to how modern content is being made, especially with Short videos and watching mindless and repetitive videos for hours on end. It really is just hurting our attention spans, so good job speaking out, T3rr0r.
True
Thank you so much for this AMAZING video. The thing you said about feeling disgust for yourself is so real.
Really liked this topic as it is not touched on nearly enough. Deleted tiktok more than a year ago and now i'm still somewhat stuck on instagram reels but it's wasting way less time. I used to watch tiktoks for 3 hours in bed before i got up and it killed me inside when i looked at the time. Great video all together and keep up the good work!
I really liked this video. I've always preferred diamond in the rough content like this over tik tok or Shorts any day. Thanks for making videos like this, whatever your rhyme or reason is for doing so beats the piss out of the manufactured milquetoast overproduced garbage TH-cam has turned into. I appreciate your work, however much that means.
I had a whole essay I planned on writing as a comment but scrapped it, too many words for too silly an issue.
agree, could you give an example of the youtube you described?
This video needs more attention. People could benefit from this.
No, the worst part is when your classmates say jokes that you’ve seen on Tik Tok.
yes
I hate when they call people irrelevant
Liking MLG montage parodys and not whatever is the new trend is doesn't make me a worse person
True
Having people in college reference tiktok shit is so annoying, makes me feel like an old man that's out of touch, I mean what the fuck is 'rizz'?
@@Natsuki_Kat Same lollll, like i have no idea about all the slang and memes that are popular on tiktok hence popular in my school too. I don't regret quitting tiktok though, in the last 1.5 years i've had so much more time to do good stuff instead of staring into a screen.
Thank you so much for highlighting this issue.Just like you,I also used to get stuck in that filthy shorts trap .You can overcome those addictions, but that Costs a high value.It took me too long to overcome scrolling habit.but now i am free . Once again, thank you ❤❤❤.
TikTok and its Consequences: A Revolution Against the Tech System
TikTok, as a product of the technological revolution in social media, has become a disaster for the human race. It has caused widespread psychological suffering, destabilized society, and subjecting human beings to indignities. In the third world, TikTok has inflicted physical suffering as well. Furthermore, TikTok's continued development will worsen the situation. It may lead to greater social disruption, psychological suffering, and increased physical suffering even in "advanced" countries. TikTok, as part of the industrial-technological system, may survive, but only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social media machine.
If the system survives, there is no way of reforming or modifying TikTok so that it does not deprive people of dignity and autonomy. If TikTok's industrial-technological basis is not overturned, it will continue to inflict severe damage on the natural world, subject human beings to indignities, and destabilize society.
Therefore, a revolution against the industrial system is necessary. This revolution may or may not make use of violence; it may be sudden or it may be a relatively gradual process spanning a few years. The object of this revolution will be to overthrow the economic and technological basis of the present society, not the government. In this article, we give attention to only some of the negative developments that have grown out of the tech system, specifically, the negative consequences of TikTok, which have received insufficient public attention or in which we have something new to say.
For example, since there are well-developed movements to address social media addiction and the negative effects of social media on mental health, we have written very little about these topics, even though we consider these to be highly important. Our focus is on the wider implications of TikTok as part of the industrial-technological system and the need for fundamental change. The consequences of not taking action against the industrial-technological system and TikTok will be disastrous for the human race and the natural world. It is time to take action against the tech system and its negative consequences, or it will continue to make life unfulfilling and subject human beings to indignities that can't be ignored any longer.
Someone summarize this
@@johnhoppkins6854 ok so basically in 2077 there was this war between united states and china that ended up destroying all if modern civilization. Fast forward to 2161, a vault dweller is sent outside their vault by the overseer in order to find a replacement for their broken waterchip.
**spoilers**
After the vault dweller finds the water chip, he logs his recordings of the wasteland to the overseer. When the overseer views the recording, he gets worried as someone is making mutants and could result in the vault being attacked. The vault dweller gets sent out once again to kill the master and destroy the mutant military base. After months of mental anguish and watching his companions die, he returns to the vault only to be exiled by the overseer out of fear that everyone in the vault would emulate the vault dweller. The vault dweller hangs his head low and returns to the wasteland knowing he will never see the friends and family he has saved ever again.
@@johnhoppkins6854 fr i aint readin all that
@@johnhoppkins6854 it's a parody of the Unabomber manifesto
@@Zamu273 Clearly, just by the title, but like, what are the key takeaways?
your production quality and editing seriously gets better with every single video, the intro edit went so hard i just had to screenshot
This is definitely the best presentation I have seen of this topic. It actually builds on the idea instead of just explaining it. good job :).
everytime i accidently click a youtube short and scroll for 5 minutes i question what i’m doing with my life and my future and feel like i’m wasting my life. How do y’all scroll on tiktok everyday
The only short form content I ever watch anymore is TH-cam shorts from the people I’m subscribed to. But I used to just be stuck in this endless “one more video” loop of TH-cam shorts
T3rr0r, I’m really liking the direction you’re going in. You’re one of my top commentary channels considering I’ve been here since the Emoji Movie commentary lol :) that reminder to go outside was a nice touch too, reminded me of Adult Swim
A high quality t3rr0r video……….
A rare gem
getting more common 👍
I have ADHD and i try to stay as far as possible from tik tok and shorts. I still am not very productive because i love playing games. I still like to go outside with my friends every time i have the occasion or play games with them.
Respect my dude
@@TheEpicFlyer thanks.
AB epic pfp? And stop that "I'm not productive enough" bull shot. You're productive enough if you feel like you're productive enough. Don't get into this "productivity cult"
@@BLET_55artem55 yes angry birds epic pfp. Yhea might exagerate with this being peoductive thing. Afterall sometimes have nothing to do. I dont have any work left and the only thing i can do ia play video games.
@@BLET_55artem55 and also thank you.
I swear, every video, this guy’s edditing gets even better.
No actually it does.
The more TikToks or short videos I saw in your video, the more I kept losing hope in humanity
This is from the point of view from me, a autistic person (I have only seen tik-tok from my friends I have never used it by myself). Short form content can be very overstimulating, A lot of it is very loud and when there are multiple things on screen like mobile gameplay or some ASMR shit I can only focus on one, The actual video or the gameplay. Not to mention while my friends scroll the first few seconds can be very loud so that ends up being overstimulating too. I just don't really understand how people keep using tik-tok because its easy for me to see when something is trying to grab my attention and I always wonder how do people not notice this is grabbing their attention.
TLDR: Tik-tok is overstimulating and I do not understand why people use it.
Edit: I do not use TH-cam shorts either
Agree, these family guy clips and similar things are a god damn views bait, so I'm just skipping them in YT shorts. And yes, a lot of these are very stupid and loud, luckily the "don't recommend the channel" exist and after a month of cleaning I can finally enjoy the ones I actually watch
I got a nostalgia hit when you used the Ultimate Showdown instrumental. Amazing detail.
Unforgettable tune
love your conclusion at the end of the vid. That was exactly why i deleted tiktok two years ago and why i deleted all other social media sites except youtube. First I felt like i was learning soomething, but then i just noticed that i was getting addicted and couldn't even remember anything that i watched after ending my scrolling session. Now I feel much better. I still rarely return to tiktok, just to watch one tiktoker I really like cause I really enjoyy him as a creator.
I came here to hear a guy roasting TikTok, and i found a guy explaining psychology and attention span in a very sophisticated way. Now im still looking for a guy roasting TikTok
Me2
Makes sense
Comparing people with ADHD to TikTok users is an insult to people with ADHD.
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fr it isnt even like we have a lack of attention😭we have plenty of attention we just can't focus as well on stuff that isn't interesting to us
@@raaainy_ 💯, at least we can focus on stuff we enjoy. TikTokers can’t even hold attention even if they enjoy it
@@raaainy_ yeah same
@@raaainy_ i have autism as well 💀
There was a period of time where i was addicted to shorts until i got super bored and started going outside to play football (soccer for the Americans) with my freinds (i am 14yrs old) and whenever i come back, i just watch longfrom videos its 10x better than sitting all day on my bed or couch scrolling cluelessly.
For anyone whos addicted to shorts or tikok i suggest u delete it and start going outside and hangout with ur freinds or play any sport u like, its way better than staying on ur phone.
When i was addicted to tiktok and shorts i literally had 0 social skills all because i was sitting alone i was only speaking online with my friends(that was in the 2020-2021 period) its because it ruins ur social skills and can harm ur mind.
I used to get shitty marks due to my attention span but now i actually get good marks and proud of myself.
Trust me stop watching tiktok and go meet people and practice hobbies.
as someone having adhd and aspergers syndrome i enjoy watching long documents more than 1 minute videos however it is a nice tool of distraction when im waiting for the bus or the train
but i cant watch 2 hour videos and shit like that 😭
@@dumbdumi it's really sad that some ppl can't watch whole 7 hours streams
bro ur music choice is so amazing, TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER IN A VIDEO ESSAY FUCKING MADE MY DAY
Instead of getting sucked in with 6 second vids, I get sucked in with 22 minute vids
I mostly watch stuff as background while gaming so having to constantly scroll or find another video because of how short everything is getting sucks.
Agree, I sometimes like to go on a chores spree with some random podcast-ish video. And the fact that I have to pick another vid every 10-14 mins really annoys me
I deleted tiktok, and I notice now my attention span has improved substantially and I'm overall happier. I hope more people come to the realization of what happens to your brain and attention span when you are a daily user on tiktok or other social medias supporting short form content.
Whenever I see an interesting short I never scroll, I just exit it after I’m done and I don’t regret not doing tiktok
I have ADHD and I cannot stand short videos. I like to put videos on while I'm doing something else (housework, cooking, playing sims etc) and having to constantly babysit my video stream is extremely annoying
I will never download TikTok.
While I do have a short attention span, I spend it watching bursts of a long video or a playlist. Right now, I’m working on an all shrines in BOTW video.
Same for the videos and playlist (although playlists are rare for me).
Play chess, it is a great board game and it has proven to increase attention span and develop several parts o your brain while being very exciting. I believe chess should be compulsory for everyone because it teaches people to be more rational and fierce.
Hey bb
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
I kinda miss watching some CN and some random ass ad just pops up to ruin my day
😀👍 wow
VPN to Russia, RosComNadzor (Russian Communication Watch) disabled a adds on YT (and we have the RuTube thing that nobody cares about as an "emergency shelter")
My little Sister started using tiktok some time ago, and holy shit did I notice the lack of attention to anything. We both used to enjoy Zelda BOTW together, and while she struggled on some Dungeons back then, she always ended up beating them. She played around 5 Minutes of Zelda TOTK and said it was boring because nothing was happening, which truly blew my Mind. The Zelda games are designed around exploration and all that stuff, not constant Screen flashes that stimulate your Brain or something.
Really made me sad how the Internet can mess up developing Brains, if used incorrectly. Now I can barely have a meaningful Conversation with her, without her pulling her Phone out to go on tiktok... She basically lost the Ability to finish basic things, such as making Food etc.
My Mom stopped allowing her to have tiktok downloaded for a few Months because of that, and I actually saw a bit of improvement in that time, but after they had a Conversation about it (I have no Idea what my Sister told my Mom) she now is allowed to use tiktok again for some Reason. I can barely handle even watching what she is doing without feeling frustrated.
It kinda feels like a Drug, that gets worse the more you use it, but gets better if you stop using it. Problem is, its still addictive and makes you think you need it. I am glad that I realized how bad tiktok is for younger people, and that I never really used it to get addicted to it.
Makes sense
Fell down the pipeline a couple times, thankfully i don't watch yt shorts or instagram reels as much and can enjoy longer videos like these. Great vid 👍
When he said micro-celebrity at 8:08 I thought of that one lyric from Hyakugojyuuichi 2003 by Lemon Demon and then at 8:15 The Ultimate Showdown started playing and I was like "WOOOAAAHH"
I have a friend who is kinda addicted to tiktok. But when we are just chilling and he is using tiktok or yt shorts, i get SO annoyed by the sounds off the apps. I tell hem to turn it off and he does
I agree.
My attention span is 5 minutes minimum, and 15 minutes maximum.
I used to think my attention span was bad…
It's bad
@@BLET_55artem55 the average attention span is 9 secs
@@BLET_55artem55 his is really good
@@BLET_55artem55 bro, if the avg span is around 10 seconds, then mine is superior to thousands of people.
@@JojoJere what da heeeeeeeeeell?
I uninstalled TikTok last year and never regretted it ever since
Thanks for convincing me to delete it. You are the best!
I introduced my younger Nephew to Red Dead Redemption hoping he'd find a liking to classic games.
We weren't even out of the main menu before he said
"I'm bored-" and pulled out his phone to watch Tiktok
Your profile picture with realistic eyes isn’t the image I wanted to see today, thanks
Whenever my friends show me a bunch of tiktoks on their phone cuz we don't know what to talk about, I always feel overstimulated and sometimes get half or even fully space out
Barely enough time to process what happened and too much stuff going on
That’s why I only balance 2 online platforms
TH-cam
And instagram
I even do my best to avoid shorts or reels . Maybe watching a handful a day , unless I’m really bored😊😊
seeing my siblings become brainless husks of what they once were is making me lose hope of humanity
This is the video I’ve been waiting someone to release. I’m glad it’s you.
The death of our attention spans is truly tragic.
I hope TikTok gets completely ban within the coming months. Not only is it killing people, it’s poisoning our minds.
Not ban just Shut down
Tiktok transform all teenage girls int jew extrimist Racisto boustounia genz n word Muslim hater Bitchassholes,all of children lost words and became animalbrained All of normal people calling all of kids Animals when they grow up (parents can't go to hospital because of their economic collapse)
8:15 THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN OF ULTIMATE DESTINY
I'm honestly really happy that I escaped TH-cam shorts by using Revanced, which rid it from my feed entirely, and I'm now feeling better and watching longer videos because of it.
This editing perfectly encapsulates the feeling that tiktok’s create
So basically it’s very good
tiktok isn't bad /j
I don’t use tiktok. But i do have a story. One time i was staying at a hotel in which there were activities that parents could sign their kids up for. I wanted to see if any of them were interesting. So i went on the website and then i saw something that made my heart sink. It said: TikTok lessons for kids. I just straight up left my soul. Let’s just say I didn’t go to that activity.
At this point TikTok is like the second coming of Covid,it is killing something valuable in our lives.
except china can use it to gain more influence instead of ruining reputation
No it's not twitter is way worse than TikTok
@@voidgamez4753 at least its not affecting daily life lol
@@SexybustyoilyblacktallmuscularTwitter can, lots of people have admitted to quitting and having a much better mental health after deleting it
As someone with adhd I personally enjoy deep dive videos more than short form content
I only fall asleep to shorts, tik tok is actually entertaining and it’s destroying our brains
I almost always have an issue with TH-cam, whenever I wake up in the morning my video feed is just video that are about 30 seconds when I really just want a 10-20 minute video
It always saddens me when some channel starts to trow some images going arround the screen to keep the atention of people
Tik Tok curbs mankind's greatest trait.
Humans evolved because they had the patience and determination to find ways to improve.
This is exactly why I tend to watch videos that are 30min-1hr (with substantial value, like a documentary, in depth tutorial, or comedy for example)
I used to like shorter videos, but I noticed that my attention span was getting shorter, so now I only ever watch shorter videos for background music while I study or if it HAPPENS to be something interesting.
TL;DR: I noticed my attention span began to lower the more short videos I watched.
so if you want to increase your attention span while still enjoying watching content, then watch longer videos that are 25min at minimum
Trust me, you're missing out on a lot of interesting stuff with ignoring 10-15 mins vids
Great video. Very accurate.
I get so addictive in youtube short's it was like i've been brainwashed. Tiktok can't brainwashed me because tiktok is kind of boring to me but short's is brainwashing you and me without realizing.
your shorts algorithm is likely more attuned to your interests. you have to go actively searching when you download tiktok to curate your for you page, while youtube shorts takes cues from the non-shorts videos you watch.
Right from the beginning, I've never been a fan of shorts, and I never considered tiktok, even on TH-cam, I don't watch shorts of my favorite creators, and I actively seek out longer videos, the longer and more thought provoking, the better.
im very proud to say that i dont watch tiktoks at all, and dont have the app on my phone
I feel so powerful not downloading TikTok and not watching shorts 💪
I really got into TikTok when it was at its heyday back in 2017 and got so addicted to it to the point where I made my own TikToks. Most of the stuff was really making fun of most trends besides the okay sign being lowered to your leg “the gottem meme”. My dad knew it was a problem and decided to delete the app on my phone. Unfortunately my mum and dad downloaded TikTok on their phones, but most of the videos were mainly about A.I. bs and videos about data analytics. They tried to prove to me that TikTok isn’t as bad as they seem because all because there are some bad apples, doesn’t mean there aren’t any tasty ones in the tree.
But my problem wasn’t the stupid trends but the spam of our attention. I was no stranger to doing two things at the same time, like watching The Misadventures of Flapjack while playing on my PS2. But I kinda noticed a drop in my attention span and ended up watching shorts for hours and hours one end to the point where it was unhealthy and wasted a lot of valuable time.
I managed to escape the pipeline but unfortunately keep coming back.
That’s why I watch more normal length or even extremely long length content to increase my attention span.
It also makes me worried for our generation or even our society as a whole to the point where Idiocracy might end up aging like wine, which is one of the few things you do not want to really age well.
I’m just glad TikTok is getting banned and maybe even our reel or short content off of the various platforms we use everyday (except for Facebook though).
I will feel sad for the content creators that got their subscribers through it, but I think it’s for the best to sacrifice for the greater good for our society.
I just hope people realise this and start to increase our attention spans before our brains turned into mush.
We humanity started this whole ordeal, and we’re the only ones to end it once and for all.
Thank you for reading.
You're dad deleted tiktok on you're phone and he somehow watched it on his phone ?
My attention span is too low to read this comment💀
i aint reading all that
I ain't reading all that
Of course I would see an unoriginal comment like that
hey i know this is an old video but i felt the need to post this comment. When you mentioned how you used to spend all your free time after finishing a school assignment watching yt shorts I remembered how I used to do exactly the same. I am now trying to completely quit yt shorts but despite my best efforts I still fall back into the loop of repeat watching that sludge content and I end up hating myself afterwards. Hearing how you used to do the same thing and how you have stopped has really motivated me to continue my journey to break free from shortform content. Thank you for this amazing video and I hope you continue to release great videos such as this one. Have a great day to you and anyone reading this
This has some of the best editing I've ever seen. Kudos to you, you are an amazing editor!
Surprisingly, I never downloaded that mistake.
Sorted by new in the comments section hoping to see some tik tok users defending the app.
Found none, I guess any video longer than 60 seconds scares them off.
TikTok is destroying our attention span. It's becoming harder to watch movies, to listen to longer songs, to be interested in anything. We have to stop the mindless scrolling somehow
Newer movies are mostly garbage tbh, and wdym longer songs? There aren't much 6+ mins songs. And with 5min- I'll give you a life example: recently I've tried to listen to all "Survivor Band" songs, and like 78% of them were either too repetitive (like the same accord for 5:13), boring or just not the subgenre I like. But there also were some true hidden gems
@@BLET_55artem55 Maybe I articulated my point incorrectly! I didn't mean myself especifically, I think there's great movies coming out in the last few years (indie movies especially) and songs as well.
I meant that TikTok has an impact on our society and the industry as a whole, especially the music industry. Songs are becoming shorter because that's what people keep looking for but personally, I love longer songs (Lift Your Skinny Fists is one of my favorite albums of all time). Don't want to self promote or anything but that's something I talked about in a video I made!
@@TheKichie I was talking about how attention span isn't the only problem that exists here
@@BLET_55artem55 Yeah, quality is debatably decreasing as well, although I think that's more of a subjective thing
It's not only TikTok stop putting all the blame on one app
Vine shutting down is just you die, a hero and if you live you are a villain
This new intro is badass