• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I think they are a great addition for the short 1 minute ideas some youtubers have that may as well be posted on their 2nd channel.
    Imo it could be improved with a landscape option and longer than 1min vids.

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      1 year ago

      I can’t tell if this is a joke. What would make them different in any way if they could be long form, landscape content?

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        1 year ago

        Idk really. At that point it would be like a regular video.
        But YT treats shorts differently so idk what the upsides (currently) are on the creator side.
        And if they are beneficiary for the creator in regards to <1min content, why not give them the option of uploading in landscape. The more options the merrier?

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          1 year ago

          The “benefit” is on the user’s side. They know they’ll be able to interact with a single hand and no need to mess with orientation and all that useless junk. Plus they know they don’t need to commit to a horrifying 5 minute long video. (They just happen to sit there scrolling for several hours anyway.)

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            1 year ago

            Fair point. I really enjoy the short sketches and clips some youtuber are doing. Usually they are also less polluted with plugging stuff.