Back in 2011, the Reddit user Wadsworth responded to a Reddit comment linked an instructional video on how to fold a bedsheet.
<p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmcabiCbN9hUMawjWtW7Mo7tZ4HDwFekbfpmkhj3Mw6ad9/image.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmcabiCbN9hUMawjWtW7Mo7tZ4HDwFekbfpmkhj3Mw6ad9/image.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmcabiCbN9hUMawjWtW7Mo7tZ4HDwFekbfpmkhj3Mw6ad9/image.png 2x" /> <blockquote> <p dir="auto">For EVERY youtube video, I always open the video and then immediately punch the slider bar to about 30 percent. For example, in this video, it should have just started at :40. Everything before :40 was a waste. This holds true for nearly every video in the universe. <p dir="auto">In other words, Wadsworth claims you can skip the first 30% of any video and not lose much of the meaning. In my experience, this is works quite well. In fact, it was so accurate Google added a hidden feature to YouTube to skip ahead 30%. <p dir="auto">Any video on YouTube you can apply the Wadsworth Constant by adding <code>&wadsworth=1 to the end of the URL. If your a keyboard junky like me, just hit the 3 key on your keyboard when you start a video and it will skip to 30% immediately. There is no way to do this on DTube videos as far as I know without just skipping ahead, if there is, let me know! <p dir="auto">Give it a try on some videos and see if it holds true for you. I don't always do it, but I do use it a lot. <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmVpwMxWTYDVum2dXcVRBLwHqHZh2Sr6DDHAFwDeeTG2YK/themarkymark.png" alt="themarkymark.png" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmVpwMxWTYDVum2dXcVRBLwHqHZh2Sr6DDHAFwDeeTG2YK/themarkymark.png 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmVpwMxWTYDVum2dXcVRBLwHqHZh2Sr6DDHAFwDeeTG2YK/themarkymark.png 2x" /> <p dir="auto"> <h3>My recent popular posts <ul> <li><a href="https://steemit.com/curation/@themarkymark/how-curation-rewards-work-and-how-to-be-a-kick-ass-curator" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">How curation rewards work and how to be a kick ass curator <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@themarkymark/markdown-101-how-to-make-kick-ass-posts-on-steemit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Markdown 101 - How to make kick ass posts on Steemit <li><a href="https://steemit.com/business/@themarkymark/work-on-your-business-not-in-your-business-how-to-succeed-as-a-small-business" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Work ON your business, not in your business! - How to succeed as a small business <li><a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@themarkymark/you-are-not-entitled-to-an-audience-you-need-to-earn-it" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">You are not entitled to an audience, you need to earn it! <li><a href="https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@themarkymark/ufc-fight-pass-caught-secretly-mining-cryptocurrency-on-their-paid-service" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">UFC Fight Pass and Steem Witness caught secretly mining cryptocurrency on their paid service <li><a href="https://steemit.com/raspberrypi/@themarkymark/building-a-portable-game-console" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Building a Portable Game Console <p dir="auto"><center><a href="http://www.steemit.com/@buildawhale" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/ 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/ 2x" /> <p dir="auto"><a href="https://steemit.com/~witnesses" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmPkQhAQceC7aHr4Gy5GKv7LMoiy47P7PyaNCeZBHMpFke/white-bg-with-drop-shadow.gif" />
haha... interesting... another variation on this principle is that the Wadsworth Constant for our POTUS is 100%.
Testing this out on my video uploaded today, I would say the first 25 seconds are indeed, skippable!
Interested bro
You know, this is interesting for me. I blog for some companies that help with video marketing, and the BEST advice is to always create short and punchy videos that catch attention in the first couple of seconds to keep an audience. Obviously, if your theory is true, video makers are doing something wrong.
However, I do see video makers filling up time with a bunch of boring crap in the beginning. Maybe that's OK for an instructional video, but it's a bad way to market. This gives me an idea for a post about video marketing, so thanks. <3
It's like websites, you have 3 seconds to capture someone's attention. Short punchy videos are extremely powerful due to this, but a majority of videos are 1 minute or longer and this constant applies consistently in my experience.
Anyway, I published some stats that sort of prove your premise. Most videos don't retain an audience until the end or even for very many seconds. If people aren't getting the traction they want from longer videos, a solution could be to shorten them up but make them more direct. Thanks for the inspiration!
https://steemit.com/video/@theinsideout/video-marketing-succes-tip-longer-videos-aren-t-more-effective-videos
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That is awesome information, I'm going to try that out on Youtube now! :-)
Your posts are always helpful. Thanks for sharing
Great post, I totally agree. I think this applies to written story as well.
it's very helpful what I share is motivated by the ideas that pour, thanks for the idea.
So, my estimate is that on Youtube, at least 70% of the whole of the videos ever posted are worthless, so if you then scratch the 30% of the remaining 30%, does this then give us Wadsworth squared ?
I can see a simple constant becoming a full blown Phd worthy theorum before very long !
Let's apply it to this article:
This post has 1100 Characters.
Skipping the first 330 Characters:
It still works!
Fantastic!
;)
I guess this explains why I miss nothing when I watch at 2x speed.
I would like to have a constant named after me. But then it would be a variable. Hmm...
That's cool. Never knew that.
I wonder if this percentage is smaller now days. Seems like the first 10-20% of the videos I watch, but will have to test this out and see.
Why has this post been downvoted so much? I don't see anything wrong with it?
Because I provided some data showing one user @haejin getting ~$20K/day and his army attacked me with threats and downvotes to silence me because the people downvoting him were much bigger and I am an easier Mark.
I presume the way he was supposed to get his income is in your opinion somehow morally wrong?
When it is a shared reward pool that takes away from other users, hell yes it is. No one is saying he can't post and make money, but 10-15 times a day at $380+ from primarily one voter? How do you not see a problem?
Why this post is downvoted to oblivion?
@themarkymark answered/is answering that question just one comment above (I asked further).
https://steemit.com/culinary/@cutminajn/fried-noodles-beef-f63b77ecaafbf