I agree that videos that take 15 minutes to explain something that could have been explained in 5 suck. A video explaining how to tie a bowline should be longer than a minute. However shorts with useful content are quite rare, maybe not even 1% of shorts content. Still there is useful information, thanks for pointing that out - I even found this useful knot

The biggest problem with shorts IMO is the presentation. You get force fed brain rot junk. Even when you klick on the links to specific videos like you and I provided you are taken to a stream of videos where the next videos are usually of the brain rot type.

Seeing how children are affected by this format/phenomenon and how the extremist right has used it for political gain I think it dangerous to leave it unregulated. I thinks it is possible to prevent the junk watching part without content-based restriction.

Sorry, I’m trying to understand your use case and it is still unclear to me. Did you ever seek out a short video to use as a how to?

Ok, these channels also have the normal length videos covering topics of interest. The shorts seem to be rather a byproduct. How do you personally use them? Do you search for a specific activity or is that part of doom-scrolling shorts?

For the AI one to restrict it from children you have to determine the age of the person accessing it. How do you do that and still allow them to maintain anonymity?

Could be a layered approach. First off you could require it by terms of service and nagging during registration. Anonymous as you only require 2 email-adresses - easy to circumvent due to the same reasons. Due to tech illiteracy of most parents this is probably catching only a minority of cases.

You could enforce id as adult using a 3rd party service - e.g. Google, Apple, government ID, credit card. This would be equal to most current systems in place that I am aware of. As you correctly point out this will have the authenticating entity have a list of the services you use. Hence I’d prefer it to be a government ID over any commercial service. To most people this is also just one more service as they may use Apple, Google, Steam, Epic, etc. pp. Heck, most people (excluding me) use Whatsapp, so they don’t give a fuck about data privacy.

On top of that: We are talking about an AI service that collects and analyzes your data. The chatbot impersonates a friend or (as in the present case) a lover. Before you even typed the 1st sentence they have your email, IP, IP - Geolocation, time zone, preferred language. They probably logged in using an app on a stock Android ROM, so they also know your GPS location, WiFi, cell information, local Temperature, etc. pp. Then they start chatting and divulge even more information. What I’m trying to explain is that the AI company potentially has way more info on you than just the credit card and name. On top of that there is zero control messing with the mental health of children.

For banning short form content. How do you quantify what counts?

First off I’d ban platforms like TikTok entirely. They are effectively damaging society. The mixed content platforms are a more difficult matter - it’s a complex problem.

I could point you to several craftsman channels that produce very informative shorts.

Please do. I don’t know any and I don’t believe 1-2 min videos have any value besides short term endorphine kicks - I’m willing to educate myself though

For banning short form content. How do you quantify what counts?

Looking at shorts on Youtube and Reels on Insta it is more complicated than just banning the categories on each platform. Yes video length is a factor. Also bringing back / requiring public downvote scores will help. Both measures should improve the current situation greatly. Lastly you can use tools already in place but not really used such as the auto recognition and community reporting tools of the platforms - I mean they have them but they don’t use them. E.g. Facebook and Xitter continuously break German hate speech laws without facing consequences.

How is this exactly encroaching on the privacy and freedoms of adults?

How is that the same as policing porn or violent media?

Be specific.

That’s not what OP wrote though.

What exactly do you mean by ‘these things’?

I’d have to write 2 PhD thesis’s about this to answer this one question properly.

Instead I’m just doing 2 examples and keep it shallow :

Th is case: A 14yo should not have completely unsupervised access to an ai chat bot - it needs to be by family/child account, same as for e.g. Fortnite. Also, given the nature of the matter and looking at the article: if the chat turns ’disturbing’ the parent needs to be made aware. (Etc etc)

Another case is TikTok: honestly, I’d just ban it together with shorts and reels. IMO this rots the brains of the younger generation. I’m not even sure there is a healthy way of consuming this type of content.

Well, yes but stuff like chatbots, social media should be way better regulated.

Right now we see the equivalent of people selling drugs and guns freely in the streets (including to toddlers) and expect the parents to regulate all that.

Society is being actively eroded, while governments are fecklessly watching it happen.

How about multi-booting via Ventoy?

Unfettered platforms such as Lemmy?

All feeds on all platforms are skewed right if not even extreme right since years.

You have to block (far) right channels on YouTube to not get their crap videos suggested again and again.

Add to that the brain frying effect of short clip after short clip on IG, YT and TikTok you get those right wing zombies.

We should really ban all of these platforms in the EU - including Xitter, FB. Allow only fully open space products hosted in Europe.

Maybe, but who are you to mandate someone else’s choices?

Please point out the section where I did.

I could go down a list of places those other choices lag,

Please do, that’s relevant info for people currently seeking to buy an EV.

It’s fine that you find them unimportant but what gives you the right to dictate to anyone else?

99% of your text is you discussing against something I never wrote - Textbook straw man.

Within the budget of a used Tesla Model 3 are a lot of better cars. Jaguar I-Pace, Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai EV5, etc. pp.

Was about to post the same and I also downvote unnecessary NY Post links.

Never seen FB disallow fake news or hate speech as long as it is coming from the (extreme) right.

Either they just stop pretending now or irl somehow get even worse?

What about Alesia though?

I rather think he’s trying to tank the Tesla stock price lately. No idea why though.

That’s an invitation to the general public (including conservatives) to attend (could be online) a Trump rally to see for themselves. It wasn’t an order to go to the opponent (and heckle them).

It’s gigantic difference.

Also

‘He took to Twitter and tweeted a tweet.’

Should now be

‘He took to Xitter and xat a xit.’

The X being pronounced ‘sh’ every time.