Shorts sre awesome, way better than pants unless it is cold out or I am doing something that would scratch up my legs.

Oh, you mean the youtube shit. It is the worst of that video format and they all suck.

Couldn’t tell you as I don’t watch them.

I couldn’t care less about the stupid shit on there people provide as “content”.

I use ublock origin and you can add a custom filter. They put the shorts in a specific panel that you can block easily.

Anyone else hating Shorts?

Some people say they are addictive, but to me shorts are an absolute nightmare, I despise them, I hate them, I'm allergic to them.

The ultra quick cutting, the often chopped style, the accelerated voice talking at you without pause or mercy even at 1.0, the subtitles in the center that I cannot disable. It's an attack on my senses, pure overstimulation.

What does this have to do with shorts? Mine only make a swooshing sound depending on the material. Maybe get some nicer ones?

First time I saw them I could see immediately it was YouTube trying to be TikTok, so I just blocked them with uBO. Haven't seen one since.

i fucking hate short videos. it's the most vacuous thing invented thus far.

i literally block or dim the thumbnails with ublock origin.

then again i also hate long videos with slow talking and tons of useless and filler segments such as:

• intro montage
• recap
• sponsor product ad
• channel subscription begging
• alternate channel subscription begging
• off topic rambling/ranting
• outro montage

(thank you ❤️Freetube & ❤️Sponsorblock)

Shorts are horrible. When I’m not watching them, they grab my attention, then immediately overwhelm me so they lose my attention. Then they grab my attention again, etc.

I have disabled shorts with a browser extension because I absolutely cannot stand them. Fuck shorts.

I only watch shorts from creators who I know generally make quality long form content (~~Red Nile~~ NileRed, Miniminuteman, etc); then it’s usually something that actually is a short topic they wanted to present, not something they’re just trying to cram as much into it as possible in 60 seconds.

I thought you were talking about short pants for a second before I read the body.

And yes, I do hate wearing shorts, because I have ugly knees.

I absolutely hate these shitty little fucking videos with a passion. Which is why I told them to piss the fuck off with YouTube ReVanced.

can't stand them cause i hate vertical videos. at first they were restricted to vine, then tiktok... then they broke containment and every video service out there wanted to stuff them in their app whether people asked for them or not.

Youtube shorts are like Instagram reels, nobody likes them but they are probably good for "engagement" aka keeping people on the site for as long as possible.

If anyone is looking to block shorts, there’s a cool uBlock origin list for it; https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

I like shorts because they are comfy and easy to wear

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Shorts are way too short to learn anything, I find most of them useless or stupid trash. I only seen a few good shorts. Ugh so bad. Also isn’t YouTube loosing money on shorts, just to compete with TikTok… ugh

PLT: some plugins of YouTube revanced allows you to remove anything related to shorts from your YouTube android app. So you can spend more time on regular-sized videos c:

FB shorts? i hate that people who dont have ADHD make ADHD video pages where they just do random stupid shit and then attribute it to their self-dianogsed ADHD. making ADHD/autism/OCD your entire personality when you dont even have it is one of the cringiest things ive seen adults doing online.

yes. There is a youtube extension called unhook (?) which lets you remove them from pretty much anywhere on the site.

Youtube Shorts Block for Firefox and Chrome

I like to wear them.

Watching the short form content video kinda thing… no thanks. I refuse to touch those with a 10m stick, I also find it quite irritating when my gf watches them in bed. Every 2 seconds I hear some entirely different scenario, pretty stressful for me.

If I want to watch videos, I usually just take some time for that. I’d say my average video length on YouTube is about 30-45min

the subtitles in the center that I cannot disable. It's an attack on my senses, pure overstimulation.

This, 1000%. They're trying to use every "engagement" technique in the book, all at once. Shit's exhausting.

i have had this conversation with my wife before when she used to show me one specific person who had very quick cuts of about a second each. i hated it so much, i would feel anxious and it would take me a while to calm down. and in that case there was no voiceover to keep track of.

Fast cutting is a well-known and widely used filmmaking technique:

This method creates a rhythm or pace that can heighten tension, convey action, or suggest urgency within a scene.

It’s often used to keep viewers engaged and emotionally connected to the content on screen.

https://filmlifestyle.com/what-is-fast-cutting-in-film/

Unfortunately, "content creators" know this too and use it to manipulate viewers.

Depends on the content. For cooking recipes i actually prefer them. I don't have to skip through multiple minutes of fluff. I get the ingredients, the steps, quick and easy (ofc some creators don't give measurements in shorts but we just block those ones)

Same with looking for a new show, quick clips give me an idea if i may be interested, have found a lot of shows that way. Various hobbies also have great little intro howtodoX short videos.

But 99% of shorts are not those, and imo are worthless trash

The worst kind of shorts are the ones pretending to present serious content.

Of course you crammed all related parts about any current war into a maximum of 60 seconds or summarized the latest news.

Fuck you to anyone doing this.