I don't really get why people scroll through short-form video, but at least there's an opensource alternative in the works... Will be interesting to see if they allow non-loops users to contribute bandwidth because hosting all of those videos will be expensive af.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like it for language learning. The books gets tedious as hell but some people have excellent short videos to help remember things and hear them pronounced by native speakers.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never really considered there'd be useful content on there.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It’s easy block keywords so you don’t get dancing or politics, or at least, you can reduce it. The algorithm is also very good at serving your interests so if someone tells me all they’re seeing is dancing videos then it tells me they’ve been lingering on those for some reason :)

I’ve also found it a great resource for novel and practical info about:

Cooking
ADHD & Autism
Music production with Logic Pro
Human rights news
Creativity

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

It's because it gives a nice dopamine hit. Just like a still-image meme but more so because it's video.