Do people actually sit down and watch these focused? I see longer and longer videos on YouTube because the algorithm seems to favour those, but for me, the longer it is, the more chance it has to be played as background noise or not played at all.
My whole night is booked now
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kamen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
kameecoding@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There are a few good ones that are absolutely worth watching, also kinda ones where if you don’t pay attention it’s meaningless.
from Folding Ideas:
as an into to him a 17 minute (nugget sized, lol) piece about Jamie Oliver and his Weird war on Nuggets:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-a9VDIbZCU&pp=ygUaZm…
if you like that you might wanna check out his longer videos, the most well known is probably:
The Line goes up - The problem with NFTs 2h 18m It’s a rundown of Crypto’s and NFTs and explainer of what they are their socio economical roots etc, really good.
Contrepeneurs - The mikkelsen twins 1h 50m A good video about a layered ponzi scheme.
The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse 1h 50m this about the metaverse and similar “second life clones”
This is financial advice - 2h 30m A deep dive into GME, Apes, Diamond Hands and MOASS, also really good.
Why it’s rude to suck at World of Warcraft, 1h 25m really interesting video about WoW, game design and the meta game around WoW
In Search of Flat earth - 1h 16m deep dive into flat earthers
Another really good Video by a different Channel, some more news
A Brief Look at Jordan Peterson - 2h 55m - A methodical, step by step dismantlement of the idea that Jordan Peterson is anything else than a Right Winger and a moron.
TaterTurnipTulip@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dan Olson and Cody Johnston are absolute treasures
lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Video essays are like the perfect cross between a podcast and an audiobook. They’re long enough to put on while I’m doing something else, like cleaning or studying, but short enough to get through in one sitting. And then if I need a break from what I’m doing, I can focus on the video for a little.
Khanzarate@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I do. I don’t do nothing while I do it, but I do other things as background, and treat that as foreground.
I also do what you do, but I definitely also consume them as a primary thing.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
Pretty much all the things I am subscribed to make 20-45 minute videos and I watch them like any other TV show of the same length.
The things I throw on just to have something in the background are way longer.
Damdy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I focus for 15 minutes as I don’t have time for 4 hours, but then they end and I realize I’ve lost another day.
JPSound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I love em’. Better than anything else on TV imo. I love a full breakdown of an analog horror ARG or an internet mystery rabbit hole deep dive. And usually because ots just one dedicated creator with no deadline/boss/focus group/format to appease, they have so much more character, charm and uniquenes… There’s no studio who could hold my attention with the cookie cutter slop on any of the streaming platforms.
Pharmacokinetics@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I love watching Pyrocynical videos. Good editing and writing grabs your attention anyway.
Cultural_Hope@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That cheeky bugger got me with his eight hour Utopia video.
amphicoelias@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah. Sometimes I get a bit fidgety and like to do something with my hands, so I’ll do some knitting or something, but I always pay attention primarily to the video. I feel like I don’t really remember anything from videos if I listen to them in the background.
Kemwer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I will easily watch four 15 minute long videos, but I need to schedule some dedicated time to watch one hour-long video, or I’ll probably fall asleep.
sirico@feddit.uk 11 months ago
This 5 second scene from the Simpsons my analysis [12:34:12]
Black616Angel@feddit.de 11 months ago
There is a german youtuber who does a “5 minute Harry Podcast” where she analyzes 5 minutes of the first Harry Potter movie each time and they are mostly half an hour to an hour long.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
There’s a podcast I listen to where they talk about a random episode of Top of the Pops. Each episode of TOTP was usually around 25 minutes, each episode of that podcast averages 5 hours at this point.
It’s glorious.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hbomb posted a new video?
NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Roblox_oof.mp3 is a masterpiece.
Cowbee@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Second New Vegas video pleaseeeee
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Every time I see something I like on YouTube my first reaction is … how long is the video.
Ten minutes? Great, learn something new in ten minutes
Half an hour? Good, I have some time for that.
An hour? Maybe if I feel up to it
Six hours!!! Who the hell has that much time?
b00m@kbin.social 11 months ago
Second monitor while I browse
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Mine is more like:
10 minutes? Oh neat, that sounds like a nice little snack, maybe a new topic to discover?
Half an hour? Oooh, this could get interesting, this could be a pretty good introduction to the topic.
An hour? Nice, someone clearly did some research and isn’t skimping in details! Time to learn something.
Six hours? Holy heck, this topic must be much deeper than I though! This person clearly did some homework and has something to say! Time to get consumed.
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I always go “I’m not gonna watch this whole thing.” Then, six hours later…
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hhbomberguy has a new vid?
MashedTech@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And it’s the shit
Magnetar@feddit.de 11 months ago
His video about a one second audio clip is genuinely fascinating.
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It was hilarious to see the guy that ran the company trying to claim he was involved in making the Oof sound, struggling to identify any nonlinear video/audio software terms to explain how much work it took to make what most amateur YouTubers could do in an afternoon and then claim it’s THE REASON Roblox succeeded lol
What a fucking joke.
Cowbee@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Another New Vegas video would be Hella nice
sexy_peach@feddit.de 11 months ago
he doesn’t :(
Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Did someone say hour-long video-game essays?
RGB3x3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Found this fascinating one about the old flash game World’s Hardest Game:
kpw@kbin.social 11 months ago
JPSound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Holy shit! Thank you for this! I’ve seen many of these already and loved them all. It’s great to see that there are many more for me in the near future again!
Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Currently 4h24m into Flaw Peacock’s 7h42m analysis of Who’s Lila? and loving every minute
Caesium@lemmy.world 11 months ago
yess I spent a weekend watching that when it first came out and it was an awesome watch. I think about 4 hrs in is when I finally realized his name was a euphemism lol
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
Must be part 1 of PatricianTV playing Skyrim.
Motherfucker did “Morrowind Analysis: A quick retrospective” in just under 8 hours. For fans of Elder Scrolls, it’s worth watching.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
A four hour stream of someone fixing a device I don’t own and likely never will – gimme. So satisfying, though I have no use whatever for this knowledge.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
Me with speed running explanations.
I don’t even give a shit about speed running.
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
Makes me think of Summoning Salt, he does one hell of a job telling a story in each of his “history of world records” videos.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 11 months ago
I watched a long one on the original Doom. I have never tried to speedrun a game myself, but it’s just fascinating.
just_chill@jlai.lu 11 months ago
Guys… you can’t post this meme and not tell which one it is !
Jeanschyso@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Literally me when Josh Strife Hayes posted the AdventureQuest video
JPSound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Worst MMO Ever is incredible. The time and attention he spends deep diving into truly terrible MMOs is an artistic labor of love. I could never do it but I sure enjoy watching him do it for me.
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
The way he completely bashed Alchemia Story in his last video makes me think that he found the bottom of the barrel. That, or he’s getting so frustrated that he won’t even try to look for silver linings anymore.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The male urge to spontaneously learn about new subjects
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This was me yesterday except I found out that all of the episodes of Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist are on YouTube.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I just want to learn about what is happening with his hair? Is it morphing into a cat? Does he have a placemat weaved into it?
Justas@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Fredrik Knudsen’s 9 hour long Eve Online video, here we come!
TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl 11 months ago
Bring me back memories
JPSound@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nexpo gang say “yeaaah!”
Also, Manykudos, Internet Historian, WavyWebSurf, Jacob Geller and The Cursed Judge.
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Jenny Nicholson is my weak spot. Defunctland and Down the Rabbit Hole are also great.
rchive@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Omg, the Evermore one was so bad because it was so good but actually 4 hours long. I lost one whole day of free time to that video. Lol
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Do I care about EVE Online? No, not at all. Did I watch a 5hr+ video about the history of EVE Online? Oh boy did I!
Thteven@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That video is dope. Dude hadn’t posted on YouTube in 2 years and then drops a 6 hour video on EVE Online. We almost lost him to that fuckin game, lmao.
sebinspace@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As someone that played that game from 2014 to 2021…
Don’t play that game…
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
He hadn’t posted because of how much work he and his team were putting into the EVE Online video. They wanted to do justice to the topic and I think they succeeded.
During that time he was still streaming on Twitch regularly so he didn’t just drop off the planet.
penquin@lemmy.kde.social 11 months ago
Yeah, I couldn’t do that one. I did like 30 minutes and got tired of it. That’s like half a day of talking about the same thing.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m a long form content junkie.
Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Same here unironically