If TikTok disappears, I will miss the algorithm.TikTok gives me the right amounts of all of the things I’m interested in. I don’t have the same experience elsewhere. Do you?
Nope. I don’t like the format.
A 30 seconds video is like repeating the same mistakes that turned Twitter (yes, even before Elon Musk) to what it is today: a place that there’s no shade of gray, no nuance and everything is outrageous. A Short has no time to elaborate on anything and can simplify the subject so much that it becomes just misinformation.
Also I don’t believe it’s worth for creators in the long run. I’m not a creator myself but I believe that the time-effort to create a video is not linear with its duration. They can make a short so elaborated and viral that it would be more worth to create a full video in regards of sponsorship, ad revenue and subscription retention.
The shorts format died for me the day Vine went down
I would like to avoid shorts entirely. If I never have to hear that ear grating robot voice ever again I will celebrate like you wouldn’t believe. Also, hearing everything 2 times because a video is designed to loop unnoticed is causing my blood to boil with unmatched hatred. Also, stop up-talking every time you speak you brainless degenerates. >:-( (not any of you here on Lemmy, ya’ll are cool)
If this stuff could stop polluting our ears and our eyes, I would love that.
Having said that, I think they’re banning it because of all the people talking shit about them on there. I can’t imagine an American politician doing a good thing for good reasons.
Consequently, I find myself in the position of being a pro-TikTok TikTok hater.
Never been into that format regardless of the website/app/service
Good for you, it makes one attention span short as a little kid, … I hate it when my friends get their phone out while we’re outside and start doom scrolling ( switching ) shorts on YT/Tiktok… whatever…
At first I was patient about it, but now as soon as they switch to the second short I tell them to hide their phones, it’s so @#&@% rude…😤
I hate it because I watch it but don’t enjoy it at all. It just wastes my time. It’s addictive but not in the good way like a video game that draws you in, but in the “help I can’t control myself” kind of way. FUCK THE ALGORITHM
I dont use any of them
I prefer video to not be filmed in portrait, so no, I don’t find any platform with them appealing.
They should take down their shorts.
I really despise the short form content format, but YouTube does a good job of recommending long form content that I’ll enjoy
I use YouTube shorts but it mostly shows me garbage I don’t want to watch, sprinkled with videos from channels I already subscribe to. For a company so hungry for my data, Google sure is terrible at recommending relevant videos to me.
I hate shorts and never used TikTok. I resisted on YouTube for so long, but they just worse what you see and you’ll click them eventually.
I’ve noticed I’m scrolling them more and more and I don’t like that they’re able to do this to our brains. Particularly those of us with things like ADHD.
YouTube Shorts are ok, but YouTube knows what I like.
I’ve heard YouTubers say they aren’t making as much from their regular videos and that YouTube is pushing shorts. So the Youtubers have started to focus on shorts. I don’t like short so I don’t watch them.
I don’t have social media but I can’t get rid of YT coz I use it for work sometimes. Shorts are good if I want to see something practical like a crochet tutorial with all the chat before.
I’d like to share my perspective as a professional performer, since we’re essentially forced to use Instagram. Specifically, we have to go where the general public goes.
At best, we tolerate Instagram but in reality most of us absolutely HATE it and die inside using it. Instagram imposes the ethics of a celibate Amish priest on performers- especially queer performers and performers of color since we’re more likely to get reported. It’s entirely EXPECTED to get censored heavily or shut down for innocuous bullshit. Most performers are on their second, third, or fourth accounts.
I’ve had videos flagged as sexual activity because I said the word “breasts” while dressed in street clothes. Pasties may as well be full frontal. Hell, my bio is currently flagged as inappropriate.
Fuck Instagram.
On a personal note, IG thinks I’m obsessed with popping and maggot extraction videos (I’m not, they’re disgusting). My suggestions are entirely influencers I don’t care about and gross shit. IG is also actively censoring any criticism of Israel.
