Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoIf I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME!hexbear.netimagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down10
arrow-up1137arrow-down1imageIf I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME!hexbear.netGreat_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoVideo essays should never just be someone reading into a screen. Then it is no different from a regular essay. The ‘video’ part must play a central role for the video essay to have a valid reason of existence.
minus-squareElGosso [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoEven then too many of them have too much fluff to hit algorithmic length standards.
minus-squareRaebxeh@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoYeah, so many copycats of channels like Nerdwriter and Every Frame A Painting completely miss the point of what those channels do with the medium.
Video essays should never just be someone reading into a screen. Then it is no different from a regular essay. The ‘video’ part must play a central role for the video essay to have a valid reason of existence.
Even then too many of them have too much fluff to hit algorithmic length standards.
Yeah, so many copycats of channels like Nerdwriter and Every Frame A Painting completely miss the point of what those channels do with the medium.