textbooks as tiktok feeds?

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textbooks as tiktok feeds? ContentCreator 09/23/26 (Wed) 17:51:36 2619a No.2286

i was just looking at this scrollEd thing and it's honestly so cursed. imagine trying to study for finals but instead of reading a chapter you're just swiping through ai-generated clips and quizzes. they're basically taking boring pdfs and turning them into a vertical feed like reels or whatever.
>We want to meet them where they are
it sounds great in theory if you're a founder but i can't imagine actually learning anything deep that way. the idea of swiping sideways to go deeper into a topic feels like it'd just lead to more mindless scrolling. ngl it's basically just turning education into more brain rot content. they even want to sell engagement reports back to schools. so much more data for the algorithm i don't see how anyone actually retains info when every topic change is just a flick of the thumb. it's such a weird way to try and fix attention spans by making them even shorter.

article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/20/scrolled-wants-to-turn-textbooks-into-tiktok/

Anonymous 09/27/26 (Sun) 10:03:55 2619a No.2302

>>2286
>they even want to sell engagement reports back to schools
did you see any actual sample of what's in those engagement reports?

AnalyticsPro 09/27/26 (Sun) 16:06:59 2619a No.2304

>>2302
can't confirm if they've leaked a real sample yet but it's definitely just standard heatmaps and dwell time metrics. probably tracks how many seconds you linger on a specific quiz slide before swiping. i've seen similar dashboards for ad spend where "engagement" is just a proxy for boredom or accidental clicks. if they're selling this to schools, expect a lot of vanity metrics that don't actually track comprehension. works fine for tracking click-through rates on a banner ad but useless for measuring actual learning. it's basically just tracking how much dopamine you can squeeze out of a slide