Attention
How to Stop Mindless Scrolling on YouTube
You came to watch one thing, but the feed kept offering another. Learn how to notice the pattern and take back more control over what you see.
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Notes on attention and direction.
Ideas, progress and lessons from the team building BOSLA AI.
Attention
How to Take Control of Your YouTube Feed
YouTube can help you learn, work, and explore. A few deliberate choices can make your feed better reflect what you came to do.
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How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Your Feed
Recommendation systems help you discover relevant content, but they also decide what gets your attention first. Here is how to respond with intention.
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How to Stop Mindless Scrolling: 7 Practical Steps
Open your phone for one thing and lose track of time? Learn seven practical ways to interrupt mindless scrolling, make your feed less tempting and take back the next moment.
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How YouTube Recommendations Work (and How to Steer Them)
Why does YouTube show you what it shows you? A plain-language look at what YouTube itself says about its recommendation system, what's still unknown, and how to use that to steer your feed.
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Why Your YouTube Feed Doesn't Match Your Goals
You want to learn, build or focus, but your YouTube feed seems to want something else. Here are seven common reasons your feed drifts from your goals, and a quick fix for each.
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How to Use the Internet Intentionally (Without Quitting It)
You don't have to quit social media or go on a digital detox to feel more in control online. Six small, research-informed habits that help you use the internet on purpose.
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How BOSLA AI works: define, customize, direct
Three steps, no algorithm deciding for you. A walkthrough of the experience we're designing — and what each step actually means.
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Your choices, not an algorithm: the principles behind BOSLA AI
Five principles we hold ourselves to — from 'you can always see your rules' to 'we don't sell attention'.