Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "YouTube Shorts is Changing YouTube - Smarter Every Day 266" video.

  1. I know this is now 6 days old but still, as a content creator and watcher, I find some patterns happening on YouTube and that is, one, I think I agree that YT is still struggling to find itself, and along the way, loosing it's original intent. I also find many creators doing exactly as you say, loosing their voice by one, allowing too many influences to influence their channel, that is, trying to make it perfect, hiding mistakes and cutting out (often crudely) flubs etc, and that becomes annoying when it's multiple jump cuts in a row. Too many creators are also "influencers", what exactly does that mean? I sometimes wonder if some creators are taking that too literally and perhaps a bit too far. Also, many may be finding that trying to cram too many subjects into a 10 minute video regardless whether it should be longer or not and I find that tiresome and rather frenetic, and others don't even bother to edit, much if at all, and thus lots of shots from afar that drone on for minutes before the move the camera in closer. My videos are varied in that they can be as short as 10 minutes or up to an hour or a bit more and on average I run roughly 30 minutes long now. I also edit, but when I need to jump forward, I often will utilize a cross dissolve, to lessen the jerkiness of jump cuts. I also find too many creators are struggling to find their voice, by trying to copy others, thus too many similar content from many channels. Some stand out from the sea of similar channels by being original in their presentation and how they go about it, others come off as too me too! Part of why I don't just subscribe wantonly to just any channel, usually. But finding that voice means, be yourself, don't try to be something you are not is key here to how some channels are successful, or not, and it's not all that easy to find that voice, so some "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" is necessary at the beginning, but I find if you just be you, the likely you'll succeed. BTW, the shortest video was shot in Oct, and was just over 2 minutes, 2 minutes and 15 seconds and it was a gorgeous sunrise one morning, then the next day, it was foggy. Showed that, and it's just a regular upload, no official shorts clip, but I find that on occasion, it can be not a bad thing if the subject warrants it, otherwise, I don't do click baits or any of that, as one, I find too many people dislike the click bait tactic, especially when it is treated as such. I recall all that when it was announced a couple of years ago and my reaction was, WTF?
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