Why scrolling on social media is addictive

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Washington Post

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@ninjapirate123 Жыл бұрын

Even scrolling through KZbin comments section is addictive too

@murasaki1177 Жыл бұрын

Guilty!

@MrJack_92 10 ай бұрын

Mmhmm....

@Happyneko99 9 ай бұрын

no please

@ninjapirate123 9 ай бұрын

@@heed1776 because you just replied to my comment

@ahhwe-any7434 8 ай бұрын

Ok at least 112 other ppl feel the same. Like I'll just be pointlessly commenting. At least when I vent, it just goes out into thin air. .. wth, how to ppl fr 🤔. I need the misfits who made it crew more in my life

@Opandort 10 ай бұрын

I'm left social media for a half year and i feel free.

@waswws6352 6 ай бұрын

you haven't quit social media if you're on youtube

@luxlior 4 ай бұрын

You’re here though, so…

@saweeeera3381 2 ай бұрын

Hey, guys. Do not degrade someone. Obviously we can't leave KZbin as it is more beneficial than harmful. Moreover, the real damage comes from social media apps like facebook, instagram, snapchat etc. So, leaving them is hard but if we do that, it leaves a very good impact on us as we no longer have to prove ourselves nor do we get anxiety by seeing those perfect fake lives you know.

@luxlior 2 ай бұрын

@@saweeeera3381 how degrading, pointing out the obvious fact that this is social media, so they haven’t truly left. In a world of sjw politics and internet based mental health issues, we’re becoming too soft as a society.

@Niscala12 Ай бұрын

I'm relate for that.. i deleted my instagram and tiktok account. Now i only have youtube to learn about life, economics, etc.. youtube is very different.. i do know that i will not be separate with social media. But at least i did reduce it..

@annabelleplouffe8634 8 ай бұрын

I’ve been on my phone since I’ve been 13. It’s been 10 years. Instead of learning a hobby or actually living, doom scrolling. *We rather watch others do something we like than actually do it. Like kids watching adult play with toys on KZbin* I’m changing that today and will try to learn when I’m on my phone and not doom scroll. This makes me more lazy than I already am and takes up too much of my precious time on earth.

@isabellaleavines5918 11 ай бұрын

I am one of those kids who grew up on social media, been on there since I was 14 it's hard being an adult now because I spent so much time on those apps

@ajs41 8 ай бұрын

Children shouldn't have been allowed to use it in the first place. I don't understand why it was allowed.

@techgaming-on4wg 6 ай бұрын

@@ajs41because of the parents

@irenegresham1519 4 ай бұрын

It's interesting to hear a younger Person's views about social media to much of it. Breaks down communications in other ways.

@Dan-jg7zl 9 ай бұрын

I wish I was in a neverending 90s decade. The invention of the smartphone and social media is the worst thing I have exprienced in my lifetime.

@luxlior 4 ай бұрын

It’s not the invention that is the curse, it’s the monster that is human nature’s perpetual desire to consume, to be entertained, to feed a bottomless need for entertainment. The inception of tiny pc’s that can fit in your bag and pocket is an incredible concept ! It’s something people in the 50’s probably never even dreamed would be an accessible consumer reality, let alone a reality in and of itself. It takes a lot of self work and discipline to be ok with being alone in the moment and your thoughts, not over consuming the high levels of easily accessible online garbage we gorge ourselves on in our self-indulgent need to keep our minds busy or distracting ourselves from our reality with the constant background noise. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

@Manish_0zero Жыл бұрын

loneliness , helplessness in todays world are also leading to social media addiction , people are using social media to escape harsh reality .

@ajs41 8 ай бұрын

But using social media makes reality worse, not better.

@Scarshadow666 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the loneliness part that affects people the most - part of the problem is that, sadly, it's not uncommon for people to have low-quality IRL friendships and/or relationships (and, for some people, social media is just a placeholder for where most socialization usually goes). For most people that are neurodivergent, ostracized from their family/friends/community, and/or (like me) could have mild social anxiety and trust/vulnerability issues, IRL socialization has often been hard already - so social media addiction can be very likely when people feel lonely, even while hanging out with others IRL.

@breathebgm8223 4 ай бұрын

Exactly 🔥🔥 very true

@kingmikez0559 6 ай бұрын

Sometimes when I’m stressed from college I just go on social media and waste the day scrolling. I don’t have friends outside class so I have no one to talk to or eat with.

@MikeJohnCore 4 ай бұрын

i was you. dont smoke weed. go outside. try to connect irl. i promise its life changing.

@YTonYahoo 6 ай бұрын

I hate the addictive nature of these social media platforms how they are all basically clones of TikTok. Even Facebook which was once tolerable is now just an infinite scrolling page of brain candy. It makes me feel so awful when I get caught up reading some attention-grabbing text which makes me watch the video underneath which makes me want to continue scrolling and before I know it 2 hours have past and I don't remember anything I watched. I can only imagine how harmful this is to kids who use this technology.

@malischmalz 8 ай бұрын

It's not just youth that it hurts

@CharcoalCinema 8 ай бұрын

Pictures go in photos albums .

@darkvalenzuela8020 Жыл бұрын

I quit social media a while back. Best thing I ever did, Strangely enough I felt more conscious (probably because I wasn't being constantly distracted anymore) and I wanted to be more social which is ironic considering leaving ''social media'' made me want to interact more with people.

@darkvalenzuela8020 10 ай бұрын

@artintegrationseries6893Oh look at this genius pointing out the irony, the Internet is not inherently bad as long as you use it correctly: as a tool for information and communication. Plus limit the amount of time you spend on it.

@techgaming-on4wg 6 ай бұрын

@@darkvalenzuela8020yeah because technology is a weapon of double blade

@vinayakmane7569 3 ай бұрын

When youtube video is not short we open comment section and scroll through to engage ourself in habbit of scrolling and watch video while reading it . thats how people watch longer videos . By getting addicted More fun part is this feature is not an improvement of UI and UX. youtube knows this addiction of scrolling and thats why they inteoduced kt to get is addicted and thereby increasing views

@fotofrangonz Жыл бұрын

Why has this video from Washinton Post (with 2.28M suscribers just the youtube channel) from 6 months ago only 28,000 views and 16 comments???

@loursfloral5409 10 ай бұрын

I thought the same

@antithesisegretscent 9 ай бұрын

For me,researching purpose of the phones and the mobile devices and professor came to our university and they even explained why the Phones are addicted to young children.During high school or middle school,id remember but he said it was really bad for students to even use phones or devices every Time.And he was really right.thats why even I'm at university,2nd year and now I still think removing instagram or even stop using Facebook is the best and prefer not to use apps or ended up like using alcohol except you killed yourself and mental health matters❤

@Cheng-jq6fc 11 ай бұрын

we....the SOCIETY are bored. sad & lonely people just don't know what to do with the amount of free-spare times we have😮😮

@malischmalz 8 ай бұрын

Go outside

@alaalfa8839 Жыл бұрын

As Sam Vaknin says true love and intimacy is the ultimate addiction, therefore if you are intimate and truly falling in love with your partner, it reduces the ned for other addictions, such as facebook.

@nikaa4237 2 ай бұрын

Problem is that everything is one internet...job postings, recipes, and info about social clubs and dates. If they still put these in newspapers theres no way I'd be in this $ hitty internet and would save a bundle on internet connection.

@jouisimo5701 3 ай бұрын

your scrolling and scrolling, but what your actually searching for that one fix for everything is Jesus

@marielacaballero783 3 ай бұрын

Exactly, people need to find him. 🙂

@MawangHujan-fl2zn 4 ай бұрын

For me, the most addictive one is KZbin.

@ExiHyp 5 ай бұрын

Let's make learning new stuff addictive. Go!

@r.pres.4121 11 ай бұрын

It is us that are at fault for our addiction to social media not social media itself. We became too dependent on social media for all our socialization needs and we have severed ourselves from people in our neighborhoods and communities.

@rl7233 5 ай бұрын

Still have the nerve to sue

@lisanidog8178 9 ай бұрын

Oh please! If it’s kids, parents get them their online stuff. They don’t care with their own noses stuck in their phones. Social Media addictive for adults? Obviously they have nothing else going for them. No hobbies. In my day in the 60’s and 70’s, TV was the villain and my parents made sure my brother and I did other things. If we messed up and watched TV when we weren’t allowed the TV would no longer be in the home. Parents use social media for their kids much like many parents in my day with TV as a babysitter. There’s such a thing as an OFF switch. No one twists your arm to go online. Stop blaming social media for your inadequacies and your kids’ inadequacies that you as a parent refuse to deal with.

@ahhwe-any7434 8 ай бұрын

Phones aren't the problem. Internet is. I'll really be in my mid 50s when my youngest is a teen. 60s when she's a young adult 😭. Plz give me the strength 🤞🏻. I'm gonna end up being way more embarrassing. Imagine her being all, "omg! No one even knows who Obama is! Dinosaurs wouldn't even use that. What's wrong w/ you? _Slams door in face & cries in pillow_ dude idk. I bedazzled it at least? Most importantly at least u can always call 911. What's wrong w/ me? What's wrong w/ u?! Yw, jerk

@lisanidog8178 8 ай бұрын

@@ahhwe-any7434 people can get online with their phones. I have a regular cell phone, no IPhone, BUT I can go on KZbin or look up things. I prefer my IPad, before that my Tablet and before that a now non working desktop. The internet is also a problem because parents refuse to get their kids involved in hobbies or take them to museums like my parents did because then TV was the villain and it was free back then. Parents use the internet today like a babysitter like parents, except mine in the 60’s and early 70’s who used TV as a babysitter.

@lisanidog8178 7 ай бұрын

@@ahhwe-any7434 and who gets those phones! No one forces anyone to go online whatever method. No one forces anyone to get a phone. I have one and don’t go online with it. I use an IPad. What I do with it is choice.

@EddiesCrave60x 4 ай бұрын

Putting important things first matters👍🏼

@YogeshJhala-du8xg Жыл бұрын

Excellent informative video. I fully agree with what has been shown in the video.

@carlitos_2player 6 ай бұрын

I think its the notifications that are the bad part, if it disturbs you really bad then turn off all social media notifications

@lisanidog8178 7 ай бұрын

No it isn’t! You find other things to do! There’s a nifty device called an OFF switch. Kids shouldn’t have a phone until they can buy their stupid phone and pay the bill! Stop blaming an inanimate object for your weaknesses be you a kid or adult! Get a hobby! Do you really need that phone? NO! People are so damn spoiled and parents refuse to say no too scared their kids won’t like them.

@Zyummysammy 8 ай бұрын

I actually don’t like schooling. It’s boring.

@CharcoalCinema 8 ай бұрын

I guess KZbin can be addictive too or is more related to the TV and channel surfing ?

@QuantumWalnut Жыл бұрын

What makes me most uncomfortable about our current trajectory is that most content feeds are becoming increasingly algorithmatized. I want AT LEAST one feed on internet which is sorted chronologically and filtered by who I follow - that's it. I want at least one feed in which I have total control and free from recommendation. It's concerning that right now KZbin is pushing contents I do not follow onto my Subscription feed. They are just desperate to dial up the addiction meter now that ad industry is pulling away from Big Tech.

@Burnthealphabetpeople Жыл бұрын

idk without recommendations i would have never found alot of channels on youtube or pages, new games movies that i never would have found without it but turned out to love when it was recommended

@Shashidhar-k9i 6 ай бұрын

Social media have positive and negative. It gives drug effect. You should have a long visionary goal to avoid this kind of drug effects. In India people are addicted to God so much because they all are don't have any goals

@Lord_Aba Жыл бұрын

After all, look at what it did to Taylor Lorenz! She is online a lot for someone of her advanced years, and cannot tell the difference between Mr Beast and someone who is far right.

@lisanidog8178 8 ай бұрын

Stop blaming social media as the root of all your problems! YOU choose to have internet! Your kids hardly pay for it either and it’s used as a baby sitter whether they use an IPhone they do it need or some other thing! Internet has a nifty thing called an OFF switch! Kids are addicted to social media because parents refuse to get them out of it!

@techgaming-on4wg 6 ай бұрын

That the truth that nobody wanted to know

@lisanidog8178 6 ай бұрын

@@techgaming-on4wg you’re welcome.

@marielacaballero783 3 ай бұрын

Exactly, I agree!

@lisanidog8178 3 ай бұрын

@@marielacaballero783 thanks.

@MrKail 6 ай бұрын

great video, but the narrator is really bad.

@ilknuracar4257 26 күн бұрын

1:50

@eamonncarmel99 7 ай бұрын

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@fayasbinmohamed 4 ай бұрын

# ഞാനും ഇതിൻ്റെ ഇരയാണ്

@brandoovalle5678 6 ай бұрын

ya que mas da somos adictos todos vamos a morir ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@lisanidog8178 7 ай бұрын

Social media is NOT addictive. Take responsibility for your own actions instead of blaming an inanimate object! Not hard.

@techgaming-on4wg 6 ай бұрын

I ask that question about a family member and told me that the users are the cause

@lisanidog8178 6 ай бұрын

@@techgaming-on4wg exactly. The users are the cause. Without users no internet, no social media. They have choice. When I was a kid in the 60’s TV was the villain. So my parents got my brother and I involved in other things. We had strict rules to follow with TV. We messed up the TV would be taken out of the house for good. My parents did that with a landline my brother wanted extra. He messed up on paying the bill since he was working, he promised to then didn’t and the wall phone was taken out never to return. My parents taught my brother and I nothing was owed to us. If kids show they can’t be responsible, the internet should be taken, kids’ phones should be taken since parents pay for both. Learn to function without.