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TikTok has turned culture into a feedback loop of impulse and machine learning

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292 points natalie3p | 4 comments | 10 Sep 25 16:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.358s | source
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keiferski ◴[10 Sep 25 16:33 UTC] No.45200147[source]▶
Too simple of a narrative. At the same time, YouTube videos are getting longer, and people are watching more YouTube videos on TVs than on mobile devices:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2025/02/12/launched-...

So I think we're seeing more of a bifurcation: in-depth longform videos are becoming 30, 40, 60, even 90 minutes long, whereas anything shorter than 10 minutes is being compressed to 30-60 seconds. The most popular video creators are doing both; even MrBeast routinely has videos over 30 minutes long.

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quxbar ◴[10 Sep 25 16:35 UTC] No.45200190[source]▶
I won't even look at a youtube video essay about an obscure vintage RPG (my preferred form of guilty pleasure viewing) if it's under 20 minutes long.
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1. giancarlostoro ◴[10 Sep 25 17:20 UTC] No.45200853[source]▶
In my case, YouTube has figured out that I love Pokemon videos where the streamer does really silly things with old Pokemon games (like resetting the emulator 9001 times to find a shiny in order to have a full on Shiny only pokedex, including the starter pokemon. In my case I don't care how long the videos are though.
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2. bo-tao ◴[10 Sep 25 17:43 UTC] No.45201171[source]▶
Lol that sounds interesting, can you share the video?
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3. giancarlostoro ◴[10 Sep 25 17:51 UTC] No.45201303[source]▶
Sure thing! I enjoy random Pokemon videos, watching the story of how the game was birthed by hobbyists is also fascinating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcUUbGb77tY

4. fennecbutt ◴[11 Sep 25 09:28 UTC] No.45209525[source]▶
Easier than soft resetting for real I guess. An ex used to be into that, it always seemed mind numbing to me but perhaps it's almost therapeutic for others.