I don’t actually use TikTok or even the “sliding” function on youtube shorts, but I feel like my attention span has gotten much worse after they started getting popular. Even watching a 2 minute video feels dreadfully long, let alone a 10 or 20 minute video, so I end up watching a mostly short animation memes instead.

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    1 year ago

    Sounds like you are just watching the wrong videos? My favorite YouTube content is almost exclusively 5 - 15 minute videos. Not to say that your taste is bad; just that maybe the type of video content you like doesn’t lend itself to shorter videos. But there are certainly a lot of great short videos too.

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      1 year ago

      I guess. I’m watching YouTube to learn stuff, either documentary stuff or DIY stuff. But I’ll be honest, other than funny skits that stopped being funny to me years ago, I can’t imagine what kind of content would be interesting in a 2-3 minute burst.

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        1 year ago

        SponsorBlock (if available on your platform) is great for skipping that kind of annoying filler. It’s user reported so it can sometimes be a bit aggressive or just missing. But I have mine set specifically to only skipped sponsored segments and it works quite well on bigger channels. Sometimes getting tagged within minutes of publication.