Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoIf I have to hear about YouTube videos being too long ONE MORE TIME!hexbear.netimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10
arrow-up1133arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year 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-up8·1 year agoEven then too many of them have too much fluff to hit algorithmic length standards.
minus-squareRaebxeh@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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.