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by theoblank 1828 days ago
My approach will likely improve over time, but for now it is based on a few main factors. 1) Is the content primarily concerned with teaching the Bible? 2) Does the teaching fall within what is broadly considered orthodox? 3) Is it a good "fit" for the UX of the app?

By "fit" I mostly mean duration. If there is a good sermon, but it's 45 min long, then it may not be approved. Since people are actively reading the Bible, ideally a video will say something meaningful and specific about a Bible passage without taking too long (<5 mins).

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We've had similar challenges with Catena, definitely a challenge in the fragmented denominational space, but I like your principle of indexing on broadly orthodox content. Excited you're thinking about this space :)
are you able to fit in snippets of a larger video, using youtube's start and end time stamps?
we actually do this on get.catenabible.com - we get permission from the speakers then tag the video in our database by verse+timestamp. Would love your feedback :) God bless!