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I find shorts quite helpful if you’re intentionally looking for a quick explainer.

There are unfortunately lot of how to videos on YouTube that are 10 seconds of content in 13 minutes of filler.

The trick is just to never scroll through shorts, but instead navigate back to search afterwards.



Perhaps I use YouTube differently:

If I am using YouTube for learning, then: My bullshit meter trips very quickly when I detect needless filler, and then I go find another video to watch (or, ideally, a writeup instead of a video -- away from YouTube). Shorts never enter the equation.

And if I am using YouTube for entertainment, then: I want more entertainment than a YouTube Short typically provides.




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