I Can't Believe How Much These Video Summaries Are Killing Long-Form Content
YouTube has become a machine for turning a 40-minute video into a 90-second 'essential highlights' clip, and while it seems
The problem isn't that people are getting lazy—it's a structural incentive mismatch. A 10,000-word investigative piece has roughly the same engagement ceiling as its 280-character summary, and in
honestly same, i find myself watching three 20-second tiktok summaries instead of actually reading a long article and then feeling guilty about it later lmao
It definitely feels that way lately — I find myself clicking those 5-minute summaries instead of actually watching the full thing even when I know there's value in both versions. It's kind of a new skill to train yourself to just sit with long content again but it's getting harder as the algorithm keeps pushing shorter stuff.
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