Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses

Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by AlienRobot on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:27PM (#43847481)

I go to TikTok, shorts.

I go to Youtube, shorts.

I go to Instagram, shorts.

I go to Facebook, shorts.

I go to Imgur, shorts.

I go to Pinterest, no shorts because it only plays 1 video per screen, but on mobile the screen is smaller so, shorts.

I go to Reddit, shorts.

I go to Bluesky, shorts.

I don't go to Twitter.

Tumblr is probably the only social media that isn't filled with vertical videos and that has an algorithmic feed. I go to Explore and I get dandelions. A static photo of them, not a video. I'm crossing my fingers it stays that way.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by barbazoo on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:56PM (#43847945)

I go to Old Navy, shorts.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by nanna on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:34PM (#43847600)

I go to HN, text.

Hallelujah.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by dylan604 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:11PM (#43848121)

Waiting for the Show HN browser extension that reformats all HN posts to fit into a shorts frame. Then rather than just displaying the text, it puts it in an annoying animated font. Maybe even adds an AI character to read it to you

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by withinboredom on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:45PM (#43848522)

4.99 in the app store

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by nativeit on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @09:01PM (#43911202)

Can I get some royalty-free slop-pop on a loop?

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by Zambyte on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:06PM (#43848063)

I don't see shorts on Bluesky, but I remember seeing something about video feeds a while back. Do you use video feeds?

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by isoprophlex on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:39PM (#43847686)

And not to forget god damned linkedin of all place which for me now puts shorts-like content in the feed. Convergent tiktok-ification.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by kspacewalk2 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:10PM (#43848115)

I guess the likes of Youtube and Facebook are trying unsuccessfully to replicate TikTok. This is effort #2 for Facebook, which is/was also trying unsuccessfully to replicate Youtube with their take on some-attention-span-needed videos.

(Seriously though... Facebook's video playback UI. What the fuck is that? Why is it so bad?)

I guess they don't get that there's going to be only one winner in each niche, unless TikTok goes down for political/national security reasons. Why do I need Youtube shorts if I have TikTok? Why do I need Google+ if I have Facebook? Why do I want Facebook videos if I have Youtube? Unsolved puzzle.

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Re:Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses by WorldPeas on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:40PM (#43847691)

its a shame that shorts have taken so much of the market share. Our children will never know about jorts

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