• FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You’re not wrong on that thought. But it’s even worse: with TikTok and YouTube Shorts, people aren’t even really seeing proper YouTube videos, just short snippets. God only knows what that’s doing to people’s attention spans, but I doubt it’s good.

    I feel like I’m a dying breed: people who can enjoy long form content without needing a dopamine hit every five seconds.

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      23 hours ago

      And the algorithm is oushing creators to either do shorts or long content it seems. There are few videos in the 3-10 minute range any more. It’s either 90 seconds or 45 minutes. Most of the shit I want to watch lands in 30-60mins but I don’t have the time to dedicate to them often.

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        22 hours ago

        Personally, I’m a really long form guy :D Particularly on technical subjects and/or disasters. For example, ‘Well there’s your problem’ tends to run at least 2, usually closer to 3 hours. And ‘Brick Immortar’ recently put out a 3+ hour video on the SS Marine Electric disaster.

        That’s the stuff that really makes me excited. So I definitely support loooong form creators where possible.