Noise Consumers
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Short-Form Video
Information Consumption
People watching short form videos on social networks are consuming noise transmissions.
This contains data.
They put it in craft videos like a graffiti art process.
People consume it thinking it's interesting by scrolling with their phones.
This is either good or bad (hackers or helpers).
The author posits that people consuming short-form videos on social media are essentially 'consuming noise', and the discussion revolves around the implications of this phenomenon.
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Toby1VCAuthor
3 months ago
This is something I deem possible, that is all. Also there is the spreading aspect to it by using the phone speakers in a room.
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