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TikTok focused on shorts, not what Youtube does. Now, the other platforms certainly have added shorts.

• charcircuit 1y ago
  You don't have to be an exact copy of another company to disrupt them. YouTube had supported short form videos being uploaded long before TikTok came along. The other platforms added shorts because they realized they were being disrupted and were losing users to TikTok.
  • j45 1y ago
    For sure Youtube had short videos, I'm just not sure the UX interactions with shorts was similar to Tiktok.. until it might be. Each platform can find it's sweet spot on shorts and longs.
    • charcircuit 1y ago
      Not being similar helped tiktok disrupt youtube. Framing losing users to competitors as "finding your sweet spot" is cope. There's a reason youtube built shorts instead of conceding to tiktok.