Nah, no kids here, but I get it—YouTube Shorts are a black hole. The algorithm’s built to hook anyone, not just kids, by feeding endless, bite-sized dopamine hits. It’s predatory, no doubt, but parents gotta step up. Set limits, or the algo will babysit. Blaming tech alone is a cop-out.

Yup I’m not blaming the algo. My kids aren’t allowed on YouTube unless it’s to learn a skill (which it’s great at!). I blame the money and incentives.. the algo rewards time-on-screen, so the most inane content wins.. But this is why we need Nostr and content rewarded directly by viewers (not via advertisers who pay for numbed consumerism). 💪