[jader201]

Regardless of the UI, I really don't like the video trends that are popular these days, including:

- Heavily edited to remove pauses so that the whole video sounds like one long sentence.

- Always shot vertically.

- Every. Word. Appearing. In. The. Middle. Of. The. Screen. As. Its. Spoken.

Sorry for the tangential rant.

[jwineinger]

I appreciate having captions b/c I'm often watching in situations where I don't want to or can't hear audio.

[jader201]

Even so, I much prefer normal captions with full sentences vs. words popping on and off the screen at 10 words per second.

Could you imagine consuming normal content that way (e.g. HN threads)? That would be anxiety inducing (and honestly, these types of videos are probably causing some level of anxiety to some people without them even realizing it).

[netsharc]

On that topic, ever noticed how ChatGPT's answers are animated?

[MerelyMortal]

> Heavily edited to remove pauses so that the whole video sounds like one long sentence.

I appreciate the brevity. I hate videos that are longer than necessary. I really hate the videos that are about 10 minutes long (the advertising sweet spot), containing content that could have been delivered in 30-45 seconds without all of the "like", "subscribe", how they're feeling that day, etc.

[jader201]

We're talking about different things.

Yes, there is fluff content that isn't necessary and can be cut out to make the video (in some cases, much) shorter.

What I'm talking about is the video equivalent to "wall of text" -- talking with zero pauses (because all pauses have been edited out).

[dzhiurgis]

Welcome to being a minority. That ship has sailed over a decade ago. People like to watch videos without sound. Some like to read because they can’t hear thru accent very well.

[dylan604]

> - Always shot horizontally.

you mean vertically?

[jader201]

Indeed, fixed!