Length of video you're willing to watch?

[thegiantkorean@lemmy.world]

Let's say someone sends you a video to watch. How long can said video be before you decide it's too long to watch?

For the purpose of this question, let's assume you're trying to decide whether to watch it or not right when you receive it. Let's also assume that it's moderately interesting (5/10).

[perspectivist@feddit.uk]

If it's something I'm not especially interested in myself, then I'd say about 5 to 10 minutes.

[berhyde@toast.ooo]

Considering its only moderately interesting and is not of any particular intrest to me, the maximum I would spend is like a minute.

[rumschlumpel@feddit.org]

Depends on where it links to (e.g. it's a tiktok-link, vs. a video they directly uploaded into the chat), what the thumbnail looks like (if any), how much I like that person, and how interesting their previous links (if any) were. Also, if it's something they recorded themselves.

[fryd@sh.itjust.works]

If it’s only 5/10, I probably wouldn’t watch it. Maybe I’d do a few seconds to a minute. My friends pass around mid meme videos all the time and I barely watch any. If i’m not sober however, then probably like 5 mins.

[microwavedtea@infosec.pub]

How long I'm willing to watch depends more on the video than on who sent it. If it's too long to watch right then but still interesting I might save it for later.

[multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de]

That.

• Some TT- or Insta/FB-Link: 0%
• Youtube: Depending on person, 0-100%
• Self-recorded: 100%

[carrolade@lemmy.world]

5/10 interestingness gets 0 seconds of watch time for me, there's just too much quality content produced in my topics of interest every day for me to keep up with. I already have to miss some 7/10 projects just because there's only so much free time in a day.

Regarding the time question, for something that barely crosses the "okay I'll watch it" threshold, 10-15 minutes is probably what I'll give it. It can be longer than that, I'll just skip through parts of the video for the gist to decide if I want to give it more time.

Worth noting though, that for extremely interesting content, a 15 minute duration actually dissuades me from watching it, as I doubt there's enough time to cover much of anything at a decent level in that little an amount of time. So like, for a neat history vid on a topic I'd like to hear more about, if it's 30 minutes or less then I'm less likely to give it a chance, unless it's covering something super narrow where there wouldn't be as much to talk about. But if you're going to cover a major historical event, you better be at least a half hour. There are some exceptions to this, Indy Nidell(sp?) is a good example, but it's my general rule.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

I really do not like video as a medium for things that could be written. I don't really care for "wow look at this wacky thing that happened". I really dislike videos that are just someone talking at the camera. (Standup comedy gets a pass, but that's also not something I watch much)

So I'm probably not watching most videos.

[cruxifux@feddit.nl]

Two minutes tops.

[andrewta@lemmy.world]

Don’t really care about the length of the video when I get it. If it’s interesting, I’ll keep watching.

[none_dc@lemmy.world]

If I have to watch it as soon as I receive it, no matter how interesting it is, I wouldn't watch anything longer than a minute and a half.

If you give me time to choose when to watch it, I can easily watch something up to 5 hours long. Back to back.

[sparkles@fedia.io]

If I didn’t ask to be sent a video, I will almost certainly not watch a video of any length.

[someguy3@lemmy.world]

5-10 minutes or so, assuming you mean it's about some point they're trying to make in a discussion.

[shirasho@lemmings.world]

If we are in a voice call I will never watch anything anyone sends to me immediately because they are going to continue talking over it anyway.

If the video is something I am genuinely interested in I will watch it regardless of length, otherwise 5 to 7 minutes is my max range.

[theneverfox@pawb.social]

45 seconds maybe? Depends on what it is

I like my videos to be at least 20 minutes long and in the background

[lumidaub@feddit.org]

There are SO many variables at play here, I have no idea how to answer this. What am I currently doing, where am I, what time is it, did I just wake up, have I had my meds, have I eaten, was the food good, am I bored, am I waiting for an appointment, what is the appointment, is the video mildly interesting because it's about a thing I like or because I like the other person, are they waiting for my reaction, how urgent is it.........

[demonmariner@lemmy.world]

I don't open any email attachments of any kind unless they are critically important and the sender has spoken to me about them in advance.

Surfing videos, on YouTube for example, I might casually look at a video up to about 10 minutes long. I only look at longer ones if I sought out the specific video.

[snooggums@piefed.world]

Depends on the sender, so a couple friends stuff is worth watching to the end but some of them send stuff that I will actively ignore or give it about 10 seconds to decide if I'm going to watch the whole thing. The difference is that the first groyp sends stuff that has payoff even if it might appear first because it is mocking something and the second group just sends whatever they liked a few seconds of but it isn't worth sticking out if the opening annoys me.

For videos in general it all comes down to topic and presentation. I will watch hours of 40k info dumps from one particular person because their presentation is engaging. There is a writing advice guy I watch because he gets to the point. I love Pitch Meetings because the humor works even when it is repetitive and the thumbnails are bait but it took someone I trusted to watch enough to get it.

So it varies widely, but when sent by someone it really depends on who sends it and what it is.

[rhynoplaz@lemmy.world]

I'll give it up to a minute. If it catches my attention, I'll keep it going.