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TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts: Who Will Win the Short-Video Race?

by monsieurpng on 7/29/22, 5:44 AM with 4 comments

  • by whythre on 7/29/22, 6:46 AM

    It’s like Alien vs Predator. ‘Whoever wins… we lose.’

  • by wruza on 7/29/22, 8:27 AM

    There is no way to filter out these “shorts”. I unsubscribed from half of channels because they produce shorts every day or even more often, spamming “•‎” feature next to a channel name.

    I don’t understand this. If I don’t want something I will not watch it, neither on youtube nor on tiktok. Race as much as you want, but why pushing format to a user? This is so stupid. We have a huge deal of content in exchange for our data, but we cannot sort, filter, tune feeds, create subprofiles/moods, nothing. Few guys decide what’s good for everyone, and everyone is the same all the time in their eyes. Make a separate section at least.