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f0c59542 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b92dcc07 I wonder if Twitter will be as helpful as YouTube, whose notification options include one for being told what to do as a creator.

I imagine this is why so many YouTube videos are now 35-45 minutes long. They are unwatchable, even though creators spend days or weeks on them. At some point it becomes a cruel joke on all users.

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b23e90c6 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3ad8f4fb @b92dcc07 

Hmm, this explains all those desperate employees at X talking about the checks they are getting to create 'long form boring videos' about their 95% down traffic from usual platform as a service that somehow monetized only ~0.7% of the Userbase because no one is there but... Bots? idk. 

Bots don't buy shit do they? If they do do you want them to buy your shit though? You do? For real? 🙊🙉📲💩
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449dbf9c | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3ad8f4fb @b92dcc07 

A few years back, Many Youtube creators went to 10+ minute video. The algorithm promoted 10+ minutes, and longer videos could also have more than one ad. The amount of sudden padding for what often was 3-5 minutes of content was incredible and often unwatchable.