Quantifying the Engagement Trap: Impact of Short-form Video Recommender Systems on Users with ADHD
A 302-participant study finds engagement-optimized short-form video recommenders cause disproportionate time blindness and distress for users with ADHD.
Researchers ran a stratified Prolific study with 302 participants comparing short-form video recommendation experiences with and without ADHD. Participants with ADHD reported significantly higher time blindness, post-usage regret, and emotional distress despite perceiving recommendations as similarly relevant. The paper proposes neurodiversity-aware, human-centered design interventions to mitigate these algorithmic harms.
- 302 participants recruited via Prolific, stratified by ADHD status
- ADHD group showed higher time blindness, regret, and emotional distress
- Proof-of-concept neuro-inclusive design interventions proposed
- Quantitative evidence that engagement-optimized ranking harms some users disproportionately
- Organizations
- Prolific
From the original article
1 min read at arxiv.orgShort-form video platforms use recommender systems to maximize engagement through highly efficient personalized recommendations. However, the impact of these recommendations on users with ADHD compared to users without ADHD remains underexplored.
By Vedad Misirlic · arxiv.org
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