[yosame]

I don't think it's any worse than any other form of media (like reading comments on hacker news instead of reading the article)

[zht]

It is much worse lol

Videos cram so much stimulation over such a short period of time

Text you still have to read

[ethbr1]

Or, to spin it around -- given a standard, naive population, why are video platforms so much more successful than text ones?

Hypothesis: video is more addiction, regardless of content

[JohnMakin]

Except I can read much faster than a video can convey information to me, almost always - I suspect the popularity of video to deliver information at least in some part stems from declining literacy. Whenever I have to watch a poor reader read something, I am honestly amazed they can function at all.

[sebastiennight]

We might not use HN the same way then...

I frequently give up on reading a thread midway down the page because it's requiring *too much focus*, and, get this, I might even interrupt my break and just go back to work early instead!

I don't think that would ever happen on a neverending infinite scroll of hyperengaging video.

[tartuffe78]

Have you used it?