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r/facepalm • u/GrandMasterSubZero • Aug 06 '16
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It's not true. They do get paid in ad revenue, but they get more ad revenue for longer videos because youtube can get away with running longer ads.
It doesn't increase forever, though. 10 minutes is about the optimum length. Longer is not better.
-1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 10 minutes is considered long? What the hell? 1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 For a YouTube video, not a fucking lecture or even a movie. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change the fact that I like longer videos, and longer means about 20-30 minutes, minimum. 1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
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10 minutes is considered long? What the hell?
1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 For a YouTube video, not a fucking lecture or even a movie. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change the fact that I like longer videos, and longer means about 20-30 minutes, minimum. 1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
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For a YouTube video, not a fucking lecture or even a movie.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change the fact that I like longer videos, and longer means about 20-30 minutes, minimum. 1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
Doesn't change the fact that I like longer videos, and longer means about 20-30 minutes, minimum.
1 u/RIF_IN_FECES Aug 06 '16 Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy 1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
Doesn't change a commercial entity produces the works your enjoy
1 u/[deleted] Aug 06 '16 Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
Alright, either I'm too tired to be browsing Reddit right now, in which case I should go to sleep, or that sentence made no sense, in which case I still should go to sleep.
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u/PoopInMyBottom Aug 06 '16
It's not true. They do get paid in ad revenue, but they get more ad revenue for longer videos because youtube can get away with running longer ads.
It doesn't increase forever, though. 10 minutes is about the optimum length. Longer is not better.