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I remember trying out TikTok and realizing in horror that it was a slot machine for video content.

Have you seen YouTube shorts and Instagram reels. Lol

I don't know about Shorts but Instagram has solved the addiction problem by ignoring signals like the user tapping "not interested" or scrolling past videos quickly. They just show junk.

They copied TikTok.

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