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Cocomelon is designed to be addictive (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Wawe@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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I though that Cocomelon videos are just dumb videos to keep children distracted, but I didn't know that they are purposefully designed to keep children hooked. What's your stance on their videos?

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Children's entertainment has been doing that for a century. But the tactics are getting more elaborate, planned, strategic.

It's been a constant development, and it's getting worse.

Pretty horrifying, that video you linked. 4.5 billion views? 7 Billion?

You always, always limit how much they watch. Never ever let YT autoplay take over.