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[–] Baylahoo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not disagreeing with you when I say this; I just am not on social media other than lemmy and YouTube at this point so, I am out of the loop. What are these sites doing that gamifies watching content? I get all the other crap for posting content like likes and views. It incentivises content producers. How are viewers getting "likes and views" equivalent on Facebook?

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 1 points 21 hours ago

What are these sites doing that gamifies watching content?

adding points and badges and achievements and all kinds of things designed to reward engagement with dopamine