Egon comments on If I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME!

If I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME! (hexbear.net)

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[–] Egon@hexbear.net 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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[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Even then too many of them have too much fluff to hit algorithmic length standards.

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[–] Raebxeh@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

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.

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