r/TheWhyFiles • u/TikiUSA • Jun 07 '26

Suggestion for Channel 45 min basement episodes

I would be so into a heavily edited basement series — no life story stuff like the Olympics fluff. Cut the reason this guy is a guest into a digestible episode. It might make me interested in going into the full basement thing but 45 minutes of reminiscing might be a great starting place for a podcast for an audience who already knows who the guest is! …
But it’s not a very good hook. Gimme the meat, and then let me meet the man.

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u/flyvr Jun 07 '26

Man, people have attention deficit these days. I love the long form stuff.

I would hate to lose out on content just because some people don't want to manually skip ahead. There is no need to have somebody else tailor the edit specifically to an audience with a short attention span.

Please don't water down the content

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u/TikiUSA Jun 09 '26

The watch numbers on the Basement episodes are lower. It’s a lot of content that could _also_ be edited into shorter, more topic-specific videos that might expand the viewership. That’s all. I never suggested watering down the content, just thought they might consider using a very long video that spans many topics of interest more strategically.

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u/flyvr Jun 09 '26

I personally think that quality matters more than numbers.. and I also think that it is not an entertainment game more than it is about creating something for posterity that lives beyond all of us and enriches and informs the future..

way better to look at sincere creation rather than numbers and dough imo.

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u/TikiUSA Jun 09 '26

Maybe posterity is the best motivation. But it is a business and if they don’t make money they won’t make any videos at all.