The results were immediate and terrifying. Without the default option of scrolling, I felt a panic. I reached for my phone, realized the app was gone, and stared at the wall. I logged this in the spreadsheet as "Boredom/Withdrawal."
I decided to spend 30 days measuring my entertainment intake with the same granular obsession usually reserved for marathon training. I wanted to know: What was I actually watching? Why was I trending toward certain content? And, most importantly, was I having fun, or was I just consuming?
Alex’s highest enjoyment scores (9-10) were almost exclusively non-trending videos about niche historical documentaries. However, 70% of Alex’s time was spent on trending videos they rated 3-5/10. measuring my cum
Now, when I hover over a "Top 10" list or a trending hashtag, I feel a phantom vibration in my pocket—a reminder of that "After-Feel" score. I catch myself asking the question that saved my month: Is this for me, or is this for the feed?
160+ hours. Hours Reclaimed from "Bad" Content: 25 hours. The biggest takeaway: Entertainment is not a resource; it is an environment. The results were immediate and terrifying
Entertainment is defined here as the subjective hedonic value derived from a media unit. We measure it using three proxies:
Measure your enjoyment of a trending piece on day 1 vs. day 7. Trending content often decays faster than personal favorites. If your enjoyment drops >40% over 7 days, the content had low “personal staying power.” I logged this in the spreadsheet as "Boredom/Withdrawal
During this experiment, I realized that the "Trending" tab is the enemy of the curator.