Fun conversation as always boys! For sure gives a person some stuff to think about. I like Riffs ideas on his recent shorts. I might have to get back into them slightly with that mind set. Great stuff!
I strongly prefer long form content. Listening to y'all in the background while I do other things is great. Can't really do that with short form content.
I’m a huge consumer of RU-vid Shorts and I can attest it effects my ability to sit and watch a movie or sit anywhere for more than 5 seconds without going on auto-pilot and clicking that little shorts icon. I can sit here and try and defend the content I watch like animal compilations, or retro gaming info but regardless - I am aware of the negative hold it has and how hard it is not to consume
Interesting chat - nice insights. You guys should do a podcast playing multiplayer games. Smash, Mariokart etc - would be hilarious. Chris vs Ricky in Mortal Kombat 😅
I’m a collector. I’ve been making long videos for years and getting better at editing. Finding Old Video Games and Vintage Toys. I edit the crap out of my videos I spend a stupid, stupid amount of hours on my videos trying to get a chance. I do like one short a week just praying for the opportunity.
A sure fire way to get me to ignore your platform is to focus on shorts content. I'm glad that long from content is making a come back. I'm working on new content again, and I used to focus on educational/DIY videos and I have zero interest in really doing short content.
I'm from the IG world and just made a one minute reel/short telling the story of my brother's memory card (he passed in 2020). I'm recording everything in Landscape and will eventually make a long-form youtube video out of it. *Fingers crossed*
The one thing about a channel that becomes a big channel is that they don't acknowledge everyone, and the only one that they do acknowledge is the one who give them money like their patreon groupies
I used to hate shorts and never ever made shorts now when I get a small little pick ups I use it as quick hey heres this weeks pick ups but still focus mainly on longer videos and I noticed my shorts get great views and then next few long format videos after the short get little extra push I use shorts as a way to promot what the channel is about and want my audiance to watch the long format videos but I am glad RU-vidrs now are slowley bringing back long form videos
Might have changed last time I checked but almost forced to do shorts as you need a certain amount of views in shorts, along with the 1000 subs before you can monetize your videos.
Riff talking about short videos rotting kids brains. Saying short attention spans. They always need something new. 2 seconds later how I work do this for a little bit then jump to this than this back to this. Chris says Riff is talking about giving kids ADD with the shorts. Not two seconds later it's brought up talking about how they work is ADD. Hand in hand.
Ironic for Rif to say other people's content is useless and pointless when yall run a retro video game channel which most people would say is pointless and useless ...
