“Design also plays a role in shaping the algorithms that keep users on social media platforms considerably longer than they intended. Many teens report diminished well-being after spending an hour (or six) at the hands of such algorithmic rabbit holes. Though a teen may have initially gone to YouTube or TikTok to watch a single video, the algorithms that seem to know them so well kept them watching far longer than they had originally anticipated.”
~ Katie Davis, Technology’s Child: Digital Media’s Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up, 2023
JACQUELINE P. ASHBY 