I think it was a bit of a sleight of hand to make it about time. Because time is quantifiable. You can give 5 minutes of your time but I figure most people can attest that has little to do with how much actual attention you’re giving. And it’s attention that we crave. That’s what social media is built upon. When you really love and enjoy something or someone, you’re thinking of it, even if you’re not actively engaged with it. And on the other hand, if you give something attention for long enough, you do start to develop some kind of an attachment on it ( which easily becomes unhealthy too, like doom scrolling ).
You.
You crave attention, lots of people don’t
You shouldn’t assume everyone else thinks like you and is built like you, it’s never true and a sign of low empathy.
Fix that and you’ll get more attention and won’t crave it so much.
The attention economy is definitely a thing that corporations are very interested in, I think you’ve missed the overall point of OP’s post in your righteous zeal.
Yes…
Advertisers want you to pay attention to ads…
Unless OP is a corporation trying to get people to buy things, I don’t see the connection besides the word “attention”.
But I don’t think I’m gonna be able to help you understand that if that didn’t work
funny how you make a pretty inflammatory post that’s totally uncalled for and say op lacks empathy. and also imply you don’t want attention.
lol this reads exactly like some kid saying “LOOK HOW I DON’T CARE, LOOK HOW LITTLE I CARE, LOOK AT ME FOR NOT CARING AT ALL, I’M TOTALLY BEYOND CARING” xDDD