alt Hacker NewsHow will YouTube shorts, and instagram stories pivot? They already aren’t seen as true rivals, but maybe they can change or spinoff a third brand. The gold in TR has always been its algorithm. Maybe they can fake it. How easy will it be to circumvent via vpn? Will other English content on tt skyrocket? Eg uk and Canada.
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redserk • yesterday at 8:14 PM
YouTube Shorts is terrible. YouTube clearly wanted to have some answer to short-form video but without putting much effort into it.
Instagram Reels is a bit better but it feels very "sanitized" and fake.
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>The gold in TR has always been its algorithm.
Yes, but it's also singularly focused on its core experience rather than being a bolted-on experience that is confusingly blended into an ecosystem where it's not the primary experience.