Frequency of Physical interaction with a media as a contributor to its addictive potential.
It seems to me that a contributor to the addictive nature of some things, short form content in particular could be related to the fact that you just have to freaking touch your screen every seven seconds and can't take your eyes away or you might end up watching some piece of content that is at the very least uninteresting. The reason YouTube, is less addictive by a few degrees could be that you aren't by the very modality of the content, required to touch it and remain engaged.
I think this is qualitatively a different, and complimentary to, explanation compared to the dopamine drip concepts. And that there is possibly an inverse correlation between level of required interaction with a type of content and its addictive quality. Although, if this were true one would expect books to be on the more addictive end of the spectrum.
Perhaps this has already been discussed or explored, but I just figured I'd share something that I've been thinking about. Also, I'm new here so feedback/criticism would be welcomed, and direction on whether this is an appropriate "quick take" would be great as well.
Frequency of Physical interaction with a media as a contributor to its addictive potential.
It seems to me that a contributor to the addictive nature of some things, short form content in particular could be related to the fact that you just have to freaking touch your screen every seven seconds and can't take your eyes away or you might end up watching some piece of content that is at the very least uninteresting. The reason YouTube, is less addictive by a few degrees could be that you aren't by the very modality of the content, required to touch it and remain engaged.
I think this is qualitatively a different, and complimentary to, explanation compared to the dopamine drip concepts. And that there is possibly an inverse correlation between level of required interaction with a type of content and its addictive quality. Although, if this were true one would expect books to be on the more addictive end of the spectrum.
Perhaps this has already been discussed or explored, but I just figured I'd share something that I've been thinking about. Also, I'm new here so feedback/criticism would be welcomed, and direction on whether this is an appropriate "quick take" would be great as well.