The youtube video essayists making 4 hour videos probably have enough money to hire an editor. You probably need to hire someone with a ak47 to tell these video creators to listen to an editor.

[–] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

They all ready have editors which just gives them more time to indulge in more obscure tangents. You can't fix video duration inflation by just hiring more editors due to induced demand.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bit idea: Be a Youtube content creator who specializes in summarizing tl;dr video essays like how they're multiple channels that are just compilations of clips from Hasan's streams.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would 100% watch like a 10 or 15 minute summary of hbomberguy's latest 8-hour vid, or a short review of which recent WTYPs are good. I do too much OT to watch all that shit unabridged anymore

[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

I would read a written summary of that summary video