The specific drain caused by the platform's algorithmic rabbit holes and the paradox of infinite choice. The trauma isn't just about the content, but the relationship with it: the hours lost to autoplay, the guilt of feeding a recommendation engine that then radicalizes others, the whiplash from cute animals to conspiracy theories, and the crushing pressure of "content creator" hustle culture. It's the feeling of your attention span being industrially farmed, leaving you with a hollow, overstimulated mind and the eerie sense that a machine knows your subconscious fears better than you do.
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*How to hijack the YouTube Algorithm (Part Two)*
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