AOC is great but she needs to edit her videos down to 10 and 15 minutes bites. Very few people will watch an hour long video these days.

Why she felt it was necessary for this video to be longer than the usual much shorter offerings that she presents on the Gram regularly.

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But if you have a 90 minute video maybe cut it into 8 or so clips. You get the same content but you bring in more clicks and a bigger audience. People that watch the first couple of clips might get hooked and watch the whole thing. It is a simple production trick. But I do think she is one of our best people.

People just don't have the patience or attention spans that would allow them to sit down and actually watch something like a full-length movie without hitting pause, going to get snacks or toileting.

I usually set most videos speed faster sometimes to two times or 1.75 speeds because many people's videos, I believe, have plenty of redundancy built-in. I adjust the speed as necessary.

Message meaning is overwhelmingly determined by our nonverbal communication anyway. I also have decades of experience listening and analyzing people when they speak. It was a huge part of my life's work.

Honestly, I think some of the so-called experts actually slow down the original videos to keep people listening and to fudge the numbers. So much of what we are served on social media is specifically designed for monetization anyway that lots of tricks we aren't really cognizant of are being used on us for specific ends.

You may already know this, but the designated preset Ted Talk duration time of twenty minutes or less is based in communication science. It's the average time at which people, at the time of the original research, started to lose focus.

The studies that are more recently done on attention have revealed that adult "attention to task" times have significantly diminished since the introduction of mobile devices.

As a matter of fact, Chris Hayes has written an entire book on the subject called SIREN'S CALL: HOW ATTENTION BECAME THE
WORLD'S MOST ENDANGERED RESOURCE. The ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 numbers are 0593653114 and 978-0593653111, respectively, if you want to check it out. I have studied the phenomenon of attention before, going back to the 1980s, and it's not a joke when I say it's our most vital tool.

One thing is for sure, I would never put the onus on AOC for my shortened attention span. Primarily because I could probably never do what she does. Also, I don't have a clue who she has helping her, if anyone, make decisions about how to present herself on video or otherwise. There are so many other things that influence the equation, and I believe that her attention, like her heart, is purely set on service to the people.

Thanks so much for your reply, Baron2024. I really appreciate the discussion.

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Sorry that I initially missed it. Thanks for the good read!