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Damaskox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• madis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe because shorts are short and un-seekable, so more “engagement”.

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  • Damaskox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What’s un-seekable

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I find myself watching a lot of shorts these days but I’d prefer if it was a separate app or function. Sometimes I want long format and not to be inundated with smaller thumbnails or in some cases stretched out oversized portrait thumbnails taking up the whole screen

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