Brendon McLean
randsI humbly ask every YouTuber ever to please get to the point.
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John SpurlockāIt is difficult to get a YouTuber to get to the point, when his salary depends on his not doing so.ā
Peter van Broekhoven@rands OK but first a word from our sponsorā¦
coldclimate@rands and whilst they are at it, tell food bloggers to do the same.
Codhisattva@rands thereās no money in that unfortunately
Phil Nelson@rands gotta hit that second ad break duration
Drew Pickard@rands they do, after 9m 30s
Marty@rands Sadly, it doesn't pay to get to the point on YouTube.
Eric Vitiello@rands like & subscribe!
Mike Zornek@rands right after this sponsorā¦
heracl.es@rands It would be annoying if every video started with "Subscribe and click the link below", or isn't that the whole point?
Josh@rands I subscribe to the Rule of Three for most of YouTube anymore. Start a video, tap the number 3 on the keyboard to jump to 30%, and by that point theyāve usually started to actually talk about the subject at hand.
(ā¦and then YouTube inserts an ad five seconds later, but thatās a whole other thing)
(ā¦and then YouTube inserts an ad five seconds later, but thatās a whole other thing)
bharriso
Kee Hinckley@rands The other day I watched a video where the presenter first discussed what she would talk about, in what order, and what the conclusions were. And then she split the video into chapters so I could skip to the parts I was interested in.
A YouTuber who took Rhetoric 101? And cares more about content that revenue? I was stunned.
Allan Chow@rands you mean, let's get into it?
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Vektorgarten@rands I'm getting to the point, if you are interested in Illustrator tutorials, you are invited to my channel youtube.com/vektorgarten
Maho š¦š»@vektorgarten @rands I also like to get to the point and actually strip worthless seconds.
@rands How about...everybody? Regardless of whether or not theyāre on YouTube?
@rands people that want to get to the point can do so in 500 in characters of text... those that want to talk go to youtube
šŗšø šŗš¦ š®š± š§ š„¦Amen. Sadly I watch shorts now. The regular video log creators just ramble on about minutiae.
Jason, Human, Average 
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If you're watching the video, the algorithm has already gotten to the point.
If you're watching the video, the algorithm has already gotten to the point.
Nihl L'Amas@rands Every video is a point unboxing video.
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Excepting music, I have yet to see a video that couldnāt be improved by replacing the entire video with a paragraph of text.
Excepting music, I have yet to see a video that couldnāt be improved by replacing the entire video with a paragraph of text.
Kyle Carpenter
Riccardo Mori@rands @reichenstein But then they wouldnāt be able to say their favourite phrase:
āWithout further ado...ā
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Tim š®@rands on a video about a video game: what's up guys, so in my previous video I mentioned I'd discovered a new coffee grinder that I've been experimenting with, here's my thought so far before we get to the sponsor spot, my 15 second animated logo intro and then the thing you actually clicked for...
WhichOne'sPink š«š®@rands It's my understanding that YouTube videos must be at least ten minutes long to be eligible for monetisation. Which is why they take ten minutes to explain that water is wet.
(moved)Galbinus Caeli šÆ@rands ok. Here is 23 seconds of a kitten playing with a shoelace.
https://youtu.be/ljYfRG4WG6w?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/ljYfRG4WG6w?feature=shared
Misty in the window
Louie Mantia, Jr.@rands is it okay if this is why I canāt listen to podcasts?
Graham Perrin@rands for most of 'em it's "Subscribe to my channel.".
Translation: "Give me money for a SHOUTY UPPERCASE THUMBNAIL with my pretend shocked face superimposed, followed by yak.".
Not with Stupid; I AM Stupid.@rands Any āpresenterā saying āYou guysā more than three times gets their video stopped and if subscribed, a rapid unsubscripion.
Halvor William Sanden@rands Indeed. "Without further ado" is further ado.
Jesse Atkinson@rands HEY GUUUUYYYSSSSS
gadgetoid@rands wait, they donāt just jump right into it!?
Mrs Cloudy@rands I don't really do YouTube, but from what I have seen, it has strong shopping channel vibes. I still don't want to buy your tatt.
w4tsn ~> 
@rands *plays videos at least at 2x speed*
Anne Bovelett@rands @kaffeeringe
Pardon me for having the audacity to add something to that sentence:
ā¦speaking at a normal pace, instead of rambling at 120% of normal speed, as if you have fire ants crawling up your legs.
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They will. After this short message by their sponsor ā¦ itās Squarspace. Itās always Squarspace.
They will. After this short message by their sponsor ā¦ itās Squarspace. Itās always Squarspace.
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Gordon Pedersen@rands
For this reason I can't stand watching "professional" documentaries (made for tv, etc). They take so long to get to the point, repeat facts in different ways many times and often go off on pointless tangents to pad for time.
In comparison, most YouTubers (in my experience) do get the point far more quickly.
Michael Dexter@rands
omg steer clear of "Griftbusters"
Set bloviation to stun!
@encthenet
MattHawkins@rands "watch minutes" being a key metric ensures many videos are needlessly long. I vote-down any video where they turn a 2 minute job into 10 minutes.