Threads, an Instagram App

Re:Threads, an Instagram App by lxgr on Monday July 03, 2023 @10:27PM (#36581464)

Given that Youtube copied it for their "shorts" clone of TikTok/Reels, it must be working for the platforms...

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by balder1991 on Monday July 03, 2023 @11:36PM (#36581903)

I think their reasoning is that if it’s just a few seconds it “simplifies” the UI, which is why if the reel is just a bit longer it is trackable.

TikTok on the other hand I think the video needs to be much longer to be trackable.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by chromakode on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @12:01AM (#36582082)

YouTube shorts are seekable.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by schott12521 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @01:46AM (#36582657)

It’s a double edged sword, because the seekability of YT Shorts mean I’ll actually watch them.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by mh- on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @02:20AM (#36582893)

That is a relatively recent change.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by lxgr on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @10:50AM (#36587504)

Huh, yeah, I just checked and can indeed now scrub them! It's been a while since I last gave them a chance.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by Noumenon72 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @05:01AM (#36584060)

Not in my web browser right at this minute. I have to edit the URL from /shorts/ to /watch?v= all the time.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by redsaber on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @06:09AM (#36584576)

I used a greasemonkey script to automatically edit the URL for me

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by whywhywhywhy on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @10:27AM (#36587174)

Really wish the engineers behind that design did us a solid and at least left the shortcut keys (left/right/j/l) in. Dropping those too is criminal.

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