Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by itsboring on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:55AM
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I’ve noticed this thing on social media lately where a single image is turned into like a 10-second video...of nothing but the still image (and sometimes stock background music). This is usually done by low-effort clickbait sites, but I don’t get why.
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by ComodoHacker on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:03PM
(#15611584)
Better "retention" metrics?
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by LocalH on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @06:49PM
(#15648850)
I figure it's harder to download a video from Facebook (for the average person, anyway) than it is to download a still image, which makes it more likely that someone will just share the post instead of saving and posting the image.
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by iotku on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:03PM
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Videos might have more weight for the suggestion algorithms or other timeline filtering probably. (or at least they think it's otherwise effective)
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web
by vmateixeira on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:06PM
(#15611615)
Exposure period