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YT's algorithm is great - shows me a great mix of mindless stuff I like that I can just watch and not think or put on in the background (sports highlights, music playlists); or stuff that I need to pay attention to (politics, finance, how-to's), and even some guilty pleasures (film/tv clips, comedy sets, etc). It's great.

The shorts, however, need to just die. Youtube, stop trying to compete with TikTok. You have a niche, and need stick to it. No need to dumb down with crappy content and actively work to shorten attention spans with cropped clips and cannibalize your main product.



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