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  • tahoe@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Shorts (as a format) aren’t the problem, it’s what you watch. If you train the algorithm to serve you garbage, then of course it’s gonna serve you garbage ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    • TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I literally never watch shorts. I’ve selected the option to show less shorts on my computer, I select the not interested option on each individual video on my TV when the row of them shows up, and they still constantly come back.

      • flameguy21@lemmy.zip
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        19 hours ago

        It blows my mind how popular shorts are because I’ve never had an interest in watching them.

    • Hack3900@lemy.lol
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      1 day ago

      Shorts as a format are a problem, infinite scroll is just too addictive and having a format that encourages grabbing your attention in the first milliseconds even more than normal videos drags quality down

    • mesa@piefed.social
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      1 day ago

      Search is unusable because of shorts. Also I want the ability to turn them off.