It seems that creators are trying to give the algorithm what it wants instead of giving the viewers what they want. One thing I'll never understand about the algorithm is the fucking stupid surprised face open mouth thumbnails. Why? Why does looking like a total moron in your thumbnail please the algorithm? Ole Bimmy Rolfe literally can't stop himself from making that face. In almost every picture of him he has to make that stupid open mouth face.
But that's enough about Bimmy if I start complaining about him this comment could go on for ages! But I do have one final thing to say about long videos. With some videos maybe they aren't too long. Maybe our attention spans have been shortened from shit like The Tiktok and Youtube shorts. I have the Enhancer for Youtube plugin for Firefox which has many features but one of them is the ability to easily speed up or slow down the video using the scroll wheel. I find myself watching videos at anywhere from 1.5x to 2X+ to get through them quicker and I also dip chicken nuggets in honey. The thing about that though is that I have nothing better to do. It isn't like I need to get through a video quicker because I only have a certain amount of time to watch Youtube. I've got plenty of time yet I have to speed through the videos for whatever reason. I really do think my attention span has shortened over the years.
