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If I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME! (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Look, if you don't want me to complain that a video is too long, then don't post a video essay that would be six paragraphs of content if it were written down but instead has been fluffed out to thirty minutes. shrug-outta-hecks

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nobody's making you watch it

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nobody's making you post it, either

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh my goodness yes. If something can be presented well in a blog post, it damn well should be.

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  • [–] [S] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What if I like there being a visual element and perhaps the occasional comedic aside?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think a lot can be done with blog posts that have short embedded videos as appropriate.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 2 years ago

    There's people out there making content like that. Idk I just don't get their weird hostility towards a whole genre. If you don't like it fine, if you have specific criticisms of a specific work fine, if you dislike how the industry is incentivizing it over other work fine, but it's weird to just reflexively condemn the entire medium.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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