It’s the attention span shrinking as time goes by.
I have a brilliant idea actually; a video sharing site with a maximum video length of one second. “How much can you fit in a second? Find out for only $10/month”
Comment on the amount of slop saying "wait till the end" is too damn high
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Even worse is captions saying what happens. Like it’ll be a video of a baby trying to sit on a chair and missing and falling…and the caption will say “bro missed his chair”.
Why does a 7 second video need spoilers?
FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
glimse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That just made me miss Vine and early Twitter… Attention span be damned, there’s an art to crafting a good joke with a length constraint that I don’t see much on the internet anymore
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bill Gates, Zuccerberg and Elon Musk wants to know your address.
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s six times better than vine!
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The worst is people verbally explaining what you’re seeing like a fucking documentary. It’s extra bad because they stole the video they’re narrating.
Even better is a split screen video where the bottom half is someone playing Minecraft or some really simple platform game.
I really hate this version of the internet.
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Even better is a split screen video where the bottom half is someone playing Minecraft or some really simple platform game because people don’t have the attention span to learn some dumb fact without also watching some game on half of their screen.
I’ve never seen those in any of my feeds, thankfully. Probably because I tend to watch longer videos and…“original” videos (no overlayed people or other stuff)
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same, but once in a while in start watching a short from one of my subscriptions and then start scrolling. I guess because I watch some gaming content, YouTube thinks I want to watch some drivel.
otp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I watch a lot of gaming content, but it’s mostly video essay or review style stuff. Maybe that’s what keeps my feed clean.
On YouTube, I don’t watch shorts at all though. And I’m vicious about telling it “Not Interested” when there’s something I don’t want in my feed.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Or reaction videos where they cut to a guy rolling their eyes or looking bothered. Thanks for that hilarious cutaway.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s up there with the overlay of the “creator” pointing at the spoiler text, needlessly obscuring the actual content.