Length of video you're willing to watch?

[hobbitfoot@thelemmy.club]

Random friend, a minute. Random person on the Internet, 10 seconds.

[rodgegrabthecat@sh.itjust.works]

How long a stretch I watch depends on my bladder. If the video is interesting, it doesn't matter how long it is. I do want to know what the subject matter is before hitting play.

[meejle@lemmy.world]

I watched Big Joel's review of every Disney Channel movie last Christmas Day, while my partner was at work and I was defrosting the turkey. So... at least 6 hours.

I also watched this four-hour video on the fall of Doctor Who, and hbomberguy's nearly-four-hour plagiarism video.

I have ADHD and can't stand to sit in silence, though, so long videos don't really phase me.

[hubertmanne@piefed.social]

After reading the title I was going to say it depends on how interesting it was but after reading the body it depends on a combination of how much time I have and how bored I am.

[quazatron@lemmy.world]

For a random moderately interesting subject, I'd rather read a blog post.

[curious_canid@lemmy.ca]

Honestly, my answer is zero. It's a rare day when I click on one.

I particularly dislike talking videos. I would always prefer to read instead of hearing someone talk.

[hperrin@lemmy.ca]

If it’s from a good friend, maybe twenty minutes. If it’s from an acquaintance, maybe five minutes. If it’s from a stranger, I’m not gonna watch it unless I find the subject very interesting.

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

Any length.. As long as its content related..

Why 15/20 rambling minutes of banality to describe something that needs 2 minutes. I don't care about you, your fucked up goofy smile, a cross fade to your dog doing stupid shit, banal commentwry on the state of the world etc while you are there to show me how to wire an electric plug.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

About 5 seconds. Give me an article instead.

[sylphrin@sh.itjust.works]

Length of video doesn't factor into whether I watch it at all. If I decide to watch the video, I'll either watch the whole thing, stop halfway, or just skip forwards to various points depending on how well it caught my interest.

What determines if I open it at all has more to do with who sent it to me, why they sent it to me, and what the title/thumbnail looks like.

The who:
I don't bother clicking on videos from most people. Usually I'm away from my pc at the time and don't have headphones in so I really can't be bothered. There are a couple of friends that have very consistently sent me hilarious or fascinating content though, and I will either watch those right away or save it to a watchlist for later. This is a very short and exclusive list.

The why:
Context matters. I generally don't bother watching videos that get sent to me without any sort of explanation - if it's nothing but a link, it might as well be nothing. If the person sending it can't even think of an emote or a couple of words to add to it, it's probably not worth watching.
In contrast, sometimes friends will send me a video to get my opinion on something, or to share their current special interest, or because it's something they've made themselves. Those, I will always watch regardless of length. If my close friends are invested in it, I am too to some extent.

The what:
If the video has a clickbait title/thumbnail, I'm not clicking it no matter how interesting it sounds.

I most cases, the decision is made long before I even notice the length of the video

[1984@lemmy.today]

5 minutes usually.. If its longer i tend to have it in the background and not really listen.

And if its a random video i wont watch the entire thing, I will stop watching it if its not interesting in the first 20 seconds. The 5 minute thing is for my own subs.