I would argue that they were a good idea on Vine. It allowed them to stay away from other platforms.
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BallsandBayonets@lemmy.world 11 months agoYouTube shorts are my latest annoyance. They give you an x to hide it then says we’ll try again in 30 days. Shorts were a dumb idea on vine, a dumber idea on tiktok, and just about the dumbest idea on YouTube. If I wanted a sub-30 second clip I’d watch a gif.
neidu2@feddit.nl 11 months ago
BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev 11 months ago
I don’t think shorts are bad, but they aren’t the reason I go to YouTube at all. They are just in the way.
Skua@kbin.social 11 months ago
I wouldn't even mind them as much if they showed you who posted the short before you watched it. There are a few creators I like enough that I'd watch shorts by, but I've got no way to know it's by them
AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
I like short form content too, but not on my longer form content website. And I wouldn’t want ten minute videos on my movie service.
fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I agree. Shorts are just a way for me to discover new creators when I’m on the toilet since my recommendations page sucks now and never recommends new creators to me.
Soggy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Collaberations and word-of-mouth are the main ways I find new creators, the algorithm sucks at understanding the finer points.