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wintorez ◴[] No.36909082[source]
There is something extremely addictive about flipping channels on TV. I think it's the magic formula behind the popularity of TikTok. It's not "yet another social media app", it's TV re-invented.
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Apocryphon ◴[] No.36910135[source]
I always did think that streaming services need to revive their format and bypass menu choice fatigue by letting you create "channels" by picking from shows/genres you like and then set you loose to channel surf.
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zforks ◴[] No.36913152[source]
It’s to my understanding that YouTube has been developing something in this vein; that’s currently being discussed with creators, to get them to select videos to be involved in the trials.
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1. pests ◴[] No.36917553[source]
Linus talked about this recently on a LTT video. it sounds like they get to make a list of previous videos that air onto a 24-hour TV-like live broadcast. Not many details it sounded like and I'm not sure if you set the order or if YouTube decides. You can see the LTT one on the Live tab if you go to their page.