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I was kind of hoping they'd reduce the word limit.
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The other day I watched a 15 second clip of something (I think a cool ski jump or something) and on the video was the caption "Wait for it" which you sometimes see on videos so you don't miss the ending.
Anyway, the first comment hit hard... it was "is our attention span so short these days that you actually need a Wait For It note on a 15 second video clip?"
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The other day I watched a 15 second clip of something (I think a cool ski jump or something) and on the video was the caption "Wait for it" which you sometimes see on videos so you don't miss the ending.
Anyway, the first comment hit hard... it was "is our attention span so short these days that you actually need a Wait For It note on a 15 second video clip?"
@89th said in Long form tweets soon:
The other day I watched a 15 second clip of something (I think a cool ski jump or something) and on the video was the caption "Wait for it" which you sometimes see on videos so you don't miss the ending.
Anyway, the first comment hit hard... it was "is our attention span so short these days that you actually need a Wait For It note on a 15 second video clip?"
I forget, how many people binge-watch Netflix premieres the first weekend they're released? How long are Joe Rogan podcasts?
People don't have short attention spans. These platforms parasitize immediate attention and completely ignore medium- to long-term decision making. It's a psychology hack, not a state of our attention. Our attention spans are actually longer than media execs and psychologists ever thought. But not in every context. Immediate attention turns out to be easy to hijack. But that's not all a person is.
As for "wait for it," that's not what you think, either. That's not an explanation of the video. That's a trick that attempts to stop the scroll. If you do in fact "wait for it," it signals to the algorithm that this video is more sticky than others and so the algo will promote it further than the others.
Please love yourself.
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@89th said in Long form tweets soon:
The other day I watched a 15 second clip of something (I think a cool ski jump or something) and on the video was the caption "Wait for it" which you sometimes see on videos so you don't miss the ending.
Anyway, the first comment hit hard... it was "is our attention span so short these days that you actually need a Wait For It note on a 15 second video clip?"
I forget, how many people binge-watch Netflix premieres the first weekend they're released? How long are Joe Rogan podcasts?
People don't have short attention spans. These platforms parasitize immediate attention and completely ignore medium- to long-term decision making. It's a psychology hack, not a state of our attention. Our attention spans are actually longer than media execs and psychologists ever thought. But not in every context. Immediate attention turns out to be easy to hijack. But that's not all a person is.
As for "wait for it," that's not what you think, either. That's not an explanation of the video. That's a trick that attempts to stop the scroll. If you do in fact "wait for it," it signals to the algorithm that this video is more sticky than others and so the algo will promote it further than the others.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Long form tweets soon:
I forget, how many people binge-watch Netflix premieres the first weekend they're released? How long are Joe Rogan podcasts?
People don't have short attention spans. These platforms parasitize immediate attention and completely ignore medium- to long-term decision making. It's a psychology hack, not a state of our attention. Our attention spans are actually longer than media execs and psychologists ever thought. But not in every context. Immediate attention turns out to be easy to hijack. But that's not all a person is.The thing is, a lot "intellectuals" are crashing bores. Why would I want to read all that shit on Twitter? Show me an amusing cat, asshole!
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@89th said in Long form tweets soon:
The other day I watched a 15 second clip of something (I think a cool ski jump or something) and on the video was the caption "Wait for it" which you sometimes see on videos so you don't miss the ending.
Anyway, the first comment hit hard... it was "is our attention span so short these days that you actually need a Wait For It note on a 15 second video clip?"
I forget, how many people binge-watch Netflix premieres the first weekend they're released? How long are Joe Rogan podcasts?
People don't have short attention spans. These platforms parasitize immediate attention and completely ignore medium- to long-term decision making. It's a psychology hack, not a state of our attention. Our attention spans are actually longer than media execs and psychologists ever thought. But not in every context. Immediate attention turns out to be easy to hijack. But that's not all a person is.
As for "wait for it," that's not what you think, either. That's not an explanation of the video. That's a trick that attempts to stop the scroll. If you do in fact "wait for it," it signals to the algorithm that this video is more sticky than others and so the algo will promote it further than the others.
@Aqua-Letifer excellent! You’re right. Especially regarding the “stop the scroll”. I have noticed an increase in videos that are split screen. One side with the footage and the other side is someone just watching it and nodding their head or something. Looks really stupid but hey…it stops the scroll!
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@Aqua-Letifer excellent! You’re right. Especially regarding the “stop the scroll”. I have noticed an increase in videos that are split screen. One side with the footage and the other side is someone just watching it and nodding their head or something. Looks really stupid but hey…it stops the scroll!
@89th said in Long form tweets soon:
@Aqua-Letifer excellent! You’re right. Especially regarding the “stop the scroll”. I have noticed an increase in videos that are split screen. One side with the footage and the other side is someone just watching it and nodding their head or something. Looks really stupid but hey…it stops the scroll!
That's all it is. Jackasses inventing new ways to hijack your immediate attention and others following suit. I've said before that TikTok is social media fentanyl. But the thing with fentanyl is, you know what you're doing to yourself.
