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TikTok is trialing three-minute videos and people are freaking out
Yeah, three-minutes is a bit intense.

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According to Matt Navarra, a social media consultant, and multiple people on Twitter,
Three-minute videos are a lot for a platform like this. Even minute-long videos can feel like they are overstaying their welcome and increasing that by two minutes is sure to lead to a bunch of boring videos that stop being engaging quickly. I already find myself swiping off of minute-long videos and three-minutes will feel like a whole-ass movie.
This will especially hold true if
Users have taken to Twitter to voice their opinions and the results are mixed
https://twitter.com/okaymagsss/status/1331474164557914112
just watched a 3 minute tiktok it felt sinful
— willem daoomf (@ea_henn) November 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/helllajeff/status/1333541382238203905
https://twitter.com/TWLHEMMINGS/status/1331381924900855808
Me filming a 3-minute TikTok dance and not knowing what to do after the first 60 seconds pic.twitter.com/7PumDo2u2C
— Michael Leibel (@leibel) December 2, 2020
For teens today, TikTok going from 60 second videos to 3 minute videos must be like how we all felt when we finally got one gigabyte USB flash drives.
— Aaron Levie (@levie) December 2, 2020
tiktok is introducing 3 minute videos and I don't think I like that idea
— Ryan Dandelion (@ryrydandelion) December 2, 2020
While some users seem to be open to the idea, the general consensus, at least on Twitter, is that this is bad and overwhelming and just…no.
What do you think? Do you like the idea of longer
Editors’ Recommendations:
- TikTok creators are coughing up more than $1,000 to get their accounts verified
- Surprise, surprise, Snapchat is releasing its own TikTok-like feature called Spotlight
- A bunch of US states could be planning to sue Facebook next week
- Rejoice, the gods of Twitter are going to relaunch its verification system next year
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