[Kiro]

Attention economy is a red herring. HN shows that you don't need to do much to be more addictive than TikTok. It's human nature.

[inigyou]

You just need easy access to an unpredictable reward. Humans or other animals will pull the lever as much as possible to try to catch a high reward.

[marysol5]

"Updoots to the left"

[toasty228]

The scale is completely different. It's like arguing a bomb, a gun and a knife are exactly the same thing and we shouldn't bother thinking about where we draw the legality line