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What exactly is it that makes YT shorts so compelling? Genuine question - because I tried watching them several times over, but they never really clicked with
by hooby 4y ago
What exactly is it that makes YT shorts so compelling?
Genuine question - because I tried watching them several times over, but they never really clicked with me?
Maybe I'm just old - but I honestly don't "get it".
- 317070 4y agoHave you ever felt really tired, so tired that your brain has only room for primal emotion, and not really any rational thought? When you are running on automatic pilot, your reptilian brain is in control and it only cares about the most basic form of stimulation? That is the spot YT shorts (and TikTok, I guess) are hitting. It's the uncompromising equivalent of the nineties "Fishing with John" or "Beavis and Butt-head".
- hooby 4y agoI have experienced burn-out, yes. My brain would then make me listen do soft music in a darkened room. Watching videos so short that the entire context completely changes every few seconds would have been way too much.
- dutchCourage 4y agoSimilar experience here. I can watch it for 5 minutes and then it starts showing me slight variations of the same stuff. Plus a lot of plain bad content in the mix. The only thing I enjoy about it is that I can see clips from longer format YouTube videos that if I like I can go watch later. Kind of like a movie trailer would do. I wish YouTube would capitalize on that and make it easy to access the full video from the clip.