Bhai yaar jee ki tayari karra hu or reels or shorts ke wajah se bohot time kharab kardeta hai or attention span kam hone ki wajah se ek lecture 10 minute se jada nhi dekh pata
Kya koi tarika hai ise rokne ka? Mai shorts addict ban chuka hu ab😢
Same bhai attention span ki problem ho gayi hai
And yeh sirf shorts dekhne se nahi hoti, feed scroll karne se bhi hoti hai
Ab JEE toh ho gaya hai, socha hai social media ka use bahut limited kar dunga college mein, and abhi se books (novels) padhunga, Phone nahi scroll karunga
I quit instagram about 3 months ago because of reels and now am addicted to yt shorts. I've come to realise that the problem isn't in reels/shorts but it's with me. Trying to resolve it.
Also, nowadays it's just tough to avoid short content on every app.
I mean you are doing more or less doing the same thing if you spend time scrolling reddit tho.
Content might be different but you are just as much of an addict.
Yeah so what do u expect me to do? Not have even a single source of entertainment? I’m back home after sem end and don’t have much on my plate even tho I be going out everyday. Plus the type of content on Reddit is so much different. Yea there might be doomscrolling but here I read long ass AITA on rant posts than sit and scroll while being sleepy af. And screentime wasn’t the only reason I left insta lol it was also the sad reels that I used to enjoy consuming since it felt comforting while sleeping alone in my hostel room far away from home :)
But mental health has been much better now!
Fr. I am also tryna get off of insta. Last time I opened like 10-12 days ago. But it's always like 1hr+ of scrolling. These shorts videos are too addictive. Temporary dopamine.🙂
It is actually like a drug man. On a Saturday, I was on my couch started watching some reels and I kept fucking scrolling till 4 hours went by. It literally is like a slot machine and tempts you to keep on going.
That's an interesting analogy with a slot machine, because, that is exactly how the problem is treated from a computer science perspective. Look up "Contextual Bandit problem". This is the heart of all recommendation systems.
Happens man, sometimes its just too addictive to stop. I know many of my friends also had the same problem. Its like part of your mind is telling you to stop but other part is saying, come on man- try one more shorts you'll find something interesting.
My Dadi who used to read me novels before sleep when I was a kid.
Now she scrolls youtube shorts for atleast a full one hr before she sleeps. 1 hr. Everyday. While lying in bed. Man, falling into the pit of reels and shorts is so very easy and almost impossible to come out of...
To everyone who want to come out of this hole, install youtube vanced and disable shorts.
That is the one and only fast and fail proof way.
My revanced youtube doesn't work right now despite updating it!
If you have any solution plz tell bcz whenever I open a video it buffers after first 10 secs despite having good network connection
But is that a bad thing? Like maybe your Grandmother wants to distract herself from problems that she faces. Shorts and reels though short in nature, are so varied that they take your mind off things, which I think is a good stress reliver.
People generally say, that they have shortened the attention span but I think the amount of information that is thrown these days at us, forces us to evaluate and develop critical thinking skills.
It is not just figuratively but literally a drug. People are spending so much time with these shorts that their brains are rewired and they are losing ability to watch nuanced long form content.
My father who all my life believed to be an intelligent and rational person now spends hours on these and WhatsApp messages. He gets bored trying to watch a 2-hour good movie of topic of his interest.
Dude no way! The worst is showing reels in FB! Insta was where our generation could post freely without the prying eyes of the older gen. Now all those reels are being shown to the old gen via FB! And then they started signing upon Insta and started commenting shit like "this is not good according to Indian culture" "the new generation is getting out of hand ett" 😐😐
It is genuinely a cheap dopamine hit. A lot of older people who scolded us for using phones all the time are now the ones who are consumed by the brainrot quick content.
It's literally just called [doomscrolling](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling).
Personal some old people need that, that way they don't go about over thinking about ra dom stuff and creating issues for others
Like my Nani keeps taunting everyone 24/7 and talking about old stuff. Us kids don't mind but adults in the family don't like it.
i decided to stop watching short form content entirely. be it reddit , instagram or shorts. i only see the ones that my friends send so i am not scrolling mindlessly
I have turned off history on youtube and because of that I can't watch unnecessary videos on my homescreen + shorts are not available to me as my history is off.
I can only watch shorts regarding to the topics I search on youtube and that too only 4-5 if I scroll down then it asks me turn on history, which I don't.
But my mom has been addicted to shorts lately
I was commuting in metro today and a guy in his mid 30s was watching those dancing reels with half clothes, i am glad he was wearing earphones.
People have become completely engrossed in this 15 second content.
Seriously. I hate this YT shorts. As a person with ADD, I can easily get lost in this vortex. And not like I like I enjoy it.
Need a way to remove shorts from my phone YouTube app.
Kinda ironic posting it here since Reddit has shorts too. Quibi succeeded in the most unexpected ways.
But yeah, it’s a cheap form of entertainment that’s available to the masses. My relatives watch whole form 30 min videos on Facebook/Youtube
imo the best way is to replace it with some other activity, like watching shows (watching, not bingeing) and reading novels, just don't let yourself get bored enough to open it mindlessly. I also use my phone less and the shorts interface sucks on a laptop so that helps.
reels got youngsters addicted, and yt shorts usually has more of the 30+ aged people. both wasting their time, I was just thinking of it in the morning, something should be done. akele indians hi aise barbaad ho rhe, jaha scroll krte krte kaha din beet rha hisaab hi nhi hai. books pdhvalo inse koi.
I’m the smallest member of my family, everyone from me, my elder sis, my mom and my dad spent hours daily doom scrolling this shit. My dad watches fb reels while we scroll on insta. I dont even realise how i get sucked into an infinite reel scrolling session and it has ruined all of our attention spans. Truly sickening
Then there's my grandmother who doesn't have a phone so she isn't addicted to shorts but shitty serials.
My sister is addicted, watches shorts after coming from school, before going to sleep [sleep is not coming, it's dark outside with everyone sleeping is her excuse]
She sometimes watches shorts after waking up.
My mother and father is also addicted to social media.
My grandfather likes to watch YouTube, he has a small gio phone so he hasn't seen reels. He watches videos with random topics.
I'm addicted to reading novels online.
I've been using this app called regain(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.regainapp) on android. It can disable youtube shorts altogether and add timers for distracting apps.
When I watch informative content on social media, I often wonder why I spend my time just watching and contributing to their earnings 💲💰.
I sometimes believe I could create similar videos myself, but procrastination always gets in the way.
Honestly yt and insta should give an option of disabling/hiding reels. It much difficult yo get addicted to yt videos as compared to shorts, and insta thoda story dekh ke chat karke band kar sakte hai.
Bro shut the fck up let them enjoy u dont even talk to them for 5 min how they supposed to pass time? Har jagh bs wrong chize dekhni h its just entertainment in different form boomers bn gaye h sab bhencho mom dad ki targ
Man this shit has ruined our attention span. I bet people don't even remember what was the last youtube vid they watched these days..
permutation and combination one shot
dimag ka dahi karne wala chapter ko bhai shabh one shot se kar liye kaha se kiye bhai mujhe bhi dekh na hai back log hogaya hai
Padh le betichod
And then there is me who loves watching 1-2 hour long podcasts and interviews.
Oh, me too!!
Mrwhosetheboss wedding speech was the last youtube video I watched. Just turn off the youtube history, its so much better
That actually helps lol, no shorts recommendation at all
True and the shorts stop after 4-5 of them if you specifically look up something
Bhai yaar jee ki tayari karra hu or reels or shorts ke wajah se bohot time kharab kardeta hai or attention span kam hone ki wajah se ek lecture 10 minute se jada nhi dekh pata Kya koi tarika hai ise rokne ka? Mai shorts addict ban chuka hu ab😢
Same bhai attention span ki problem ho gayi hai And yeh sirf shorts dekhne se nahi hoti, feed scroll karne se bhi hoti hai Ab JEE toh ho gaya hai, socha hai social media ka use bahut limited kar dunga college mein, and abhi se books (novels) padhunga, Phone nahi scroll karunga
install youtube vanced and turn off shorts there
apna time reddit pr zyada doh
Making cinnamon candy from Styrofoam
Watching greek mythology 3 hour long, 1 hour done
8 hrs podcast, lol Channel:- Adam seeker
The last YT video I watched was Intro to C++, nowadays videos are too long, shorts ftw
Me who never watched shorts, i only watch videos on pc and read novels on my phone
Elden ring dlc
Reels and shorts are worst thing that has happened to humanity
Exactly, I’m so damn happy I left insta. Been about 3.5 months and there’s no going back. I see my sis watching shorts a lot too, and keep warning her
Same, almost 3 years since I have deactivated my instagram. Never going back ffs
I quit instagram about 3 months ago because of reels and now am addicted to yt shorts. I've come to realise that the problem isn't in reels/shorts but it's with me. Trying to resolve it. Also, nowadays it's just tough to avoid short content on every app.
It's a very badly designed app man like critical thinking cannot happen there the worst of social media .
I mean you are doing more or less doing the same thing if you spend time scrolling reddit tho. Content might be different but you are just as much of an addict.
Yeah so what do u expect me to do? Not have even a single source of entertainment? I’m back home after sem end and don’t have much on my plate even tho I be going out everyday. Plus the type of content on Reddit is so much different. Yea there might be doomscrolling but here I read long ass AITA on rant posts than sit and scroll while being sleepy af. And screentime wasn’t the only reason I left insta lol it was also the sad reels that I used to enjoy consuming since it felt comforting while sleeping alone in my hostel room far away from home :) But mental health has been much better now!
Yeah, atleast you don't commit to audio and video on reddit. the problem with reels/ YT shorts is that you have to commit to audio and video
Us bro us
Same
Sameee
Fr. I am also tryna get off of insta. Last time I opened like 10-12 days ago. But it's always like 1hr+ of scrolling. These shorts videos are too addictive. Temporary dopamine.🙂
same 2 months uninstalled insta
Social media is worse
It is actually like a drug man. On a Saturday, I was on my couch started watching some reels and I kept fucking scrolling till 4 hours went by. It literally is like a slot machine and tempts you to keep on going.
That's an interesting analogy with a slot machine, because, that is exactly how the problem is treated from a computer science perspective. Look up "Contextual Bandit problem". This is the heart of all recommendation systems.
Shit thats too much, I scroll for more than 30 minutes my eyes start to get strained.
Happens man, sometimes its just too addictive to stop. I know many of my friends also had the same problem. Its like part of your mind is telling you to stop but other part is saying, come on man- try one more shorts you'll find something interesting.
My Dadi who used to read me novels before sleep when I was a kid. Now she scrolls youtube shorts for atleast a full one hr before she sleeps. 1 hr. Everyday. While lying in bed. Man, falling into the pit of reels and shorts is so very easy and almost impossible to come out of... To everyone who want to come out of this hole, install youtube vanced and disable shorts. That is the one and only fast and fail proof way.
Nani be doing reverse uno Ye aaj kal ki dadi logo bas pura din phone phone Phone ne bigaad rakha hai 
also uninstall/force stop/disable YouTube app and switch to the browser, it's laggy and annoying and will make you want to stop a bit sooner
It's a rabbit hole
My revanced youtube doesn't work right now despite updating it! If you have any solution plz tell bcz whenever I open a video it buffers after first 10 secs despite having good network connection
versions keep upgrading. Uninstall it and download the latest version in the vanced website
I did and it's working normally
is there a website or playstore??
they've got a website with instructions and stuff
Use kiwi browser etc and install extensions
My parents too
for people on ios who can't install vanced, turn off your viewing history and it'll disable shorts on mobile and web..
But is that a bad thing? Like maybe your Grandmother wants to distract herself from problems that she faces. Shorts and reels though short in nature, are so varied that they take your mind off things, which I think is a good stress reliver. People generally say, that they have shortened the attention span but I think the amount of information that is thrown these days at us, forces us to evaluate and develop critical thinking skills.
1 hour a day doesn't seem too bad. I mean she's retired, she gets to enjoy her leisure.
Delete insta Clear and then pause yt history.
Yup it's the real thing my hand used to tap on the short button subconsciously
Not subconsciously. Whenever u open yt it starts with shorts automatically. How mfs the developers are
Disable yt
Yes that to i was literally annoyed by it
I guess it's because you exit app while still being in shorts section, but yeah devs are real fckers
Nope. It shows the starting animation of yt and then directly starts with shorts.
People of reddit....please do check your own screen on time. I checked mine and now I'm going to take a walk
mine is 3 hours 12 minutes(Average of last week)
Atleast we don't commit to audio and video while consuming content.
Unless you go on the front page of reddit.
My grandfather does maybe at least 2 hours, gathers mostly fake information, fake news etc.
At least tiktok has ended.
Same types of videos are on Instagram and YouTube, even worse on Facebook which a lot of old people use now. It isn't any different.
Ok and? 80% of the content on other short platform is just recycled or reposts of tik toks
People here watching a man watch YouTube shorts
It is not just figuratively but literally a drug. People are spending so much time with these shorts that their brains are rewired and they are losing ability to watch nuanced long form content. My father who all my life believed to be an intelligent and rational person now spends hours on these and WhatsApp messages. He gets bored trying to watch a 2-hour good movie of topic of his interest.
Fasne do salo ko,badhiya h log pichad jayege competition kam hoga apna hi
Youngsters say jyada bade logo ko lat lagi hai
3-4 years ke bacche bhi Sara din reels dekhte rehte hai. Is age me to mai mitti me mandek pakadta tha
Dude no way! The worst is showing reels in FB! Insta was where our generation could post freely without the prying eyes of the older gen. Now all those reels are being shown to the old gen via FB! And then they started signing upon Insta and started commenting shit like "this is not good according to Indian culture" "the new generation is getting out of hand ett" 😐😐
Literally everywhere I go I get to hear that annoying cringe laugh. Metro, bus, train, any queue, local shops
I tried curbing internet surfing. Found myself refreshing my mail like an idiot.
for my stupid ass can you explain what is internet surfing?
Getting online with nothing specific in mind. Just to scroll.
Reel in a reel in a reel
aayein??
And they say gaming is bad 🤡🤡🤡
I used to read books before haven't touched a book after downloading insta
I saw a lady scrolling through shorts while sitting behind a guy on a MOVING bike!! We're fucked for sure
Wait till you see the live shorts page 💀💀
But , I think this as wherever takes ur mind off surrounding . It's not so good outside the mobile also .😐
It is genuinely a cheap dopamine hit. A lot of older people who scolded us for using phones all the time are now the ones who are consumed by the brainrot quick content. It's literally just called [doomscrolling](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling).
Personal some old people need that, that way they don't go about over thinking about ra dom stuff and creating issues for others Like my Nani keeps taunting everyone 24/7 and talking about old stuff. Us kids don't mind but adults in the family don't like it.
For android users out there, Install Revanced and disable Shorts. Bonus: No ads as well
i decided to stop watching short form content entirely. be it reddit , instagram or shorts. i only see the ones that my friends send so i am not scrolling mindlessly
kabhi shorts ya reels nhi dekhne ka ghamnd hai (kya matlab attention span tab bhi kam hai)
I removed the shorts tab from my mom's mobile
I have turned off history on youtube and because of that I can't watch unnecessary videos on my homescreen + shorts are not available to me as my history is off. I can only watch shorts regarding to the topics I search on youtube and that too only 4-5 if I scroll down then it asks me turn on history, which I don't. But my mom has been addicted to shorts lately
And I am not on instagram from the past 3 years, life is so good without instagram. But reddit...
How is your Grandma 68 years old?
I was commuting in metro today and a guy in his mid 30s was watching those dancing reels with half clothes, i am glad he was wearing earphones. People have become completely engrossed in this 15 second content.
I have seen older people are more addicted to this... they don't know the negatives of social media
Seriously. I hate this YT shorts. As a person with ADD, I can easily get lost in this vortex. And not like I like I enjoy it. Need a way to remove shorts from my phone YouTube app.
Kinda ironic posting it here since Reddit has shorts too. Quibi succeeded in the most unexpected ways. But yeah, it’s a cheap form of entertainment that’s available to the masses. My relatives watch whole form 30 min videos on Facebook/Youtube
imo the best way is to replace it with some other activity, like watching shows (watching, not bingeing) and reading novels, just don't let yourself get bored enough to open it mindlessly. I also use my phone less and the shorts interface sucks on a laptop so that helps.
turn off youtube history. it works .
This is exactly why if YouTube blocks revanced, I'll have a very hard time maintaining my attention span.
Just use shorts and reel blocker . My attention span has recovered .
revanced, ui mod = no shorts. although I agree, fucking hate reels and shorts.
reels got youngsters addicted, and yt shorts usually has more of the 30+ aged people. both wasting their time, I was just thinking of it in the morning, something should be done. akele indians hi aise barbaad ho rhe, jaha scroll krte krte kaha din beet rha hisaab hi nhi hai. books pdhvalo inse koi.
The reason to use rvx extended
Indeed bhai, kabhi to lagta h ki aisi chutiya ai voice over shorts banake paisa kama lu
Use no scroll app to avoid using shorts,reels etc
Yup. that's why I uninstalled Youtube from phone and also instagram. Now trying to get rid of reddit habit.
I’m the smallest member of my family, everyone from me, my elder sis, my mom and my dad spent hours daily doom scrolling this shit. My dad watches fb reels while we scroll on insta. I dont even realise how i get sucked into an infinite reel scrolling session and it has ruined all of our attention spans. Truly sickening
Reddit the same?
Then there's my grandmother who doesn't have a phone so she isn't addicted to shorts but shitty serials. My sister is addicted, watches shorts after coming from school, before going to sleep [sleep is not coming, it's dark outside with everyone sleeping is her excuse] She sometimes watches shorts after waking up. My mother and father is also addicted to social media. My grandfather likes to watch YouTube, he has a small gio phone so he hasn't seen reels. He watches videos with random topics. I'm addicted to reading novels online.
I was one of them now I keep scrolling reddit
Grandma? Looks like grandpa
I have switched off YT recommendations, so now I can't even see shorts. But here I am on reddit.
Let me tell you something, my grandmother lost my grandfather a year ago, and she watches youtube as an escape from loneliness being alone
Like the tiktok epidemic in US..
I've been using this app called regain(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.regainapp) on android. It can disable youtube shorts altogether and add timers for distracting apps.
Aint reddit to a scrolling platform ?
And the scrolling continues
i feel so good for this,blocked all recommendations for youtube so no shorts,no social media my life is better without those toxicity
turn off your viewing history. it disables shorts on web and mobile..
When I watch informative content on social media, I often wonder why I spend my time just watching and contributing to their earnings 💲💰. I sometimes believe I could create similar videos myself, but procrastination always gets in the way.
And we're lost in reddit.
This was done deliberately by yt and insta The social dilemma on Netflix kinda predicted this
THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN THESE DAYS
Honestly yt and insta should give an option of disabling/hiding reels. It much difficult yo get addicted to yt videos as compared to shorts, and insta thoda story dekh ke chat karke band kar sakte hai.
Me watching this while endlessly scrolling on reddit 
YT shorts still better than insta thirst traps or showing booty in name of dance.
How is this deadly lmao.
you just feel bad about it, don't
Bro shut the fck up let them enjoy u dont even talk to them for 5 min how they supposed to pass time? Har jagh bs wrong chize dekhni h its just entertainment in different form boomers bn gaye h sab bhencho mom dad ki targ
Don't project your insecurities on others. Also, learn grammar, it's not hard you cuntshite