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Maybe for certain segments/formats, but TikTok doesn't do long-form videos, does it? Most of my YouTube watching is things like Anton Petrov's 15+ minute scien

Maybe for certain segments/formats, but TikTok doesn't do long-form videos, does it? Most of my YouTube watching is things like Anton Petrov's 15+ minute science videos, PBS Space Time, hour+ live streams, DefCon/Blackhat/Other Conference talks, and a hundred other things that I don't think are available or desired on TikToks platform (and maybe not even supported? I'm not sure what the max video length is on TikTok).

sillysaurusx 4y ago
It sure does. They enabled 10min videos, and at this point it's a meme that creators are getting roasted for doing part 2's. (I.e. breaking up a long video into multiple parts for no reason.) Not only that, but lots of tiktok accounts are literally just reuploading full youtube videos from channels like Kurzgesagt. Not happy about that, but it's also a sign of a successful platform. Facebook had the same situation going on. Most of my tiktok watching is exactly the same as yours on youtube, by the way. My educational playlist is at 242 entries, whereas the lol playlist is around 160.
- ziddoap 4y ago
  Interesting, I guess that goes to show how long it's been since I've explored what TikTok offers. Thanks for the info.
  - input_sh 4y ago
    In short: 2016 launch: 15 sec 2017: 30 sec Jul 2021: 3 min Feb 2022: 10 min
- selfhoster11 4y ago
  > just reuploading full youtube videos from channels like Kurzgesagt (...) it's also a sign of a successful platform No, not really. Ripping Youtube content is trivial, so you basically have a raidable pool of high-quality content that you can re-upload and monetise, that you didn't have to pay for in any way. If you're seeing a lot of Kurzgesagt vidoes on TikTok, all that means is that someone found out their monetisation success rate for those stolen videos is high enough that it makes financial sense to carry on doing it.
  - malka 4y ago
    Indeed. It means that there is an audience for longer videos on tik-tok. Which is bad for youtube.

sillysaurusx 4y ago

It sure does. They enabled 10min videos, and at this point it's a meme that creators are getting roasted for doing part 2's. (I.e. breaking up a long video into multiple parts for no reason.) Not only that, but lots of tiktok accounts are literally just reuploading full youtube videos from channels like Kurzgesagt. Not happy about that, but it's also a sign of a successful platform. Facebook had the same situation going on. Most of my tiktok watching is exactly the same as yours on youtube, by the way. My educational playlist is at 242 entries, whereas the lol playlist is around 160.

ziddoap 4y ago
Interesting, I guess that goes to show how long it's been since I've explored what TikTok offers. Thanks for the info.
- input_sh 4y ago
  In short: 2016 launch: 15 sec 2017: 30 sec Jul 2021: 3 min Feb 2022: 10 min
selfhoster11 4y ago
> just reuploading full youtube videos from channels like Kurzgesagt (...) it's also a sign of a successful platform No, not really. Ripping Youtube content is trivial, so you basically have a raidable pool of high-quality content that you can re-upload and monetise, that you didn't have to pay for in any way. If you're seeing a lot of Kurzgesagt vidoes on TikTok, all that means is that someone found out their monetisation success rate for those stolen videos is high enough that it makes financial sense to carry on doing it.
- malka 4y ago
  Indeed. It means that there is an audience for longer videos on tik-tok. Which is bad for youtube.