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TikTok is about short videos. Youtube is about longer videos. People expect short videos and are looking for short videos so they'll put up with random videos.
by gernb 4y ago
TikTok is about short videos. Youtube is about longer videos. People expect short videos and are looking for short videos so they'll put up with random videos. On Youtube I look for 10-30 minute videos on specific topics, not just random funny videos.
To put it another way, TikTok is Ice Creme, Youtube is dinner. A popular Ice cream stand has a lot more throughput than most restaurants. It only takes ~1 minute to serve a customer some ice cream.
- wongarsu 4y agoWhich you could argue is another case of TikTok building everything around the recommendation algorithm. It just works better with short videos. YouTube used to be full with 3-4 minute videos back in the day, with a ten minute maximum. Longer than TikTok, but not much. But those short videos all but died out when the 10-minute videos got another ad spot and thus more money for the creator.