[mdonahoe]

I like YouTube Shorts.

I think the TikTok swipe format works pretty well for content discovery on mobile, so I’m glad YouTube copied it.

And unlike TikTok, the long form videos are still there, so I can click on a username and watch more from a creator I like.

[3vidence]

I want to like shorts as everyone now and then there are really interesting and cool creators / videos I wouldn't find otherwise.

With that being said the algorithm needs SOO much work.

I have to select "don't show videos from this channel" every single single time i use it.

The quality seems very very inconsistent and it seems to have a weird bias towards undesirable topics that seem to have large popularity.

By contrast my normal video recommendations are excellent and I am rarely bothered by them.

[nozzlegear]

I’m with you. I resisted YouTube Shorts at first, but I quite like them now. And as you said, the long form videos are still there right alongside the shorts.

One criticism I have of them, though, is on the web they’re mixed in like regular videos on your subscriptions page. On mobile they’re sort of grouped together in a separate UI element, which makes it much easier to scroll through your subscriptions. Maybe this is one of the reasons people hate shorts so much?

[kranke155]

Yep agreed. I think shorts have their place. The UI/UX could improve.