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Surely TV and radio also have algorithms behind them determining how to increase viewership. Facebook and Instagram do the same but in realtime with more knobs to turn. I personally don't quite understand how somebody can get addicted to social media but I understand video games and I would support some kind of government bureau that determines the addictiveness of a game and puts a label on it. For example games that are story driven, you play them for 15h and then you're done and there is no cliffhanger should get a very low addiction rating. You play them, you finish them, you liked it and then you can stop with no problem.

Then the addiction rating should get higher if there is more endless endgame content, more multiplayer content, boxes to purchase, etc.

You get the idea, if the industry is so determined to find the bliss point of a game/food item then the governments need to evolve with that challenge.

parent Nathanba 4 years ago

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