Maybe I'm just an old fart but I really don't understand the fascination with most of the content posted in short-form, vertical video (TikTok, YTshorts) format.
If all you're doing is speaking your mind, I don't need to see your face for that. What I wouldn't mind seeing is a comments section full of interesting discussion rather than a bunch of Whatsapp scammers.
I don't need an auto-replay of the video. What is this, hypnosis?
I don't need the next video auto-selected for me. Maybe I'd like to pause and reflect on what you just told me, rather than be instantly whisked away to the next guy's 'minute of drama'.
Unlike some folks, I don't hate the practice of recording videos in vertical orientation, as long as it's what's best for the video and not because the cameraman was too lazy to put down the PBR and spin the phone around horizontal. There's a time and a place for both I think.
Seems like we went from being a society whose phones can take photos and videos to a society whose cameras can do voice and SMS.
I got like 5 different camera lenses on my phone but I bet it would take me ten minutes to figure out how to record a short, OS and platform-agnostic voice memo. Guess I could just hold my thumb over the camera lens and record the audio that way. 🤣
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