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Short-form Content Revolution: How YouTube Shorts and TikTok Are Changing Our Media Consumption
Short-form content like YouTube Shorts and TikTok are exploding in popularity. What do you think about this trend? Are these short formats having a positive or negative impact on the quality and depth of the content we consume? Share your opinions and discover how these platforms are changing our worldview!
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There has been a boom of short-form social video content, but the variety and amount of content being created and consumed makes it hard to determine any broad positive or negative effects. A lot of the focus is on the size of the general market, and everything is tooled to get the maximum possible engagement [by whatever metrics platforms use to determine engagement], but that trend seems to be on its way out. You can already see platform engagement start to shift to places that are discreet, gated, or focused on special interests.
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Short-form content is dumbing down our attention span and intellect.
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It’s a trend that have made so many people become fast celebrities and online influencers. This is part of the reason why it’s getting all the attention now.
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Trade off of quality for efficiency.
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