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It\u2019s not just the major social platforms that know how effective an endless scroll of short videos is at hijacking your dopamine system. Disney+<\/a> is adding Verts, a selection of short vertical clips you can scroll through to keep your brain chemistry happy when you are Disney said it would be adding vertical video<\/a> to its premiere streaming platform back in January, and it also launched Verts on the ESPN app last year. Today, it said the addition of vertical clips drove \u201cadditional engagement,\u201d but neglected to mention by how much. It’s worth noting Disney’s not an outlier here \u2014 Netflix announced a similar pivot<\/a> back in January as well.<\/p>\n The company does say, however, that its recommendation engine has an \u201cadvanced algorithm\u201d to ensure the clips are relevant to each user. Naturally, Disney is happy to lean on the century or more of content in its library, but also said Verts could broaden out to include \u201ccontent from creators that reflects our fandoms.\u201d Which you could (and should) take as a plan to at least try to put a tank or two on YouTube\u2019s front lawn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nin the bathroom <\/del>so inclined. The company says it\u2019s a \u201cdynamic feed\u201d to help users \u201cquickly find their next favorite watch,\u201d letting you jump straight in to see the full movie or TV show the clip hails from. Not to mention the side benefit of elbowing out those social platforms, many of which use cut-down clips of Disney-owned content anyway.<\/p>\n