videolab

Caption positioning: Notice how similar all of these examples are.

The captions are high enough to avoid getting covered by the description text in playback, but rarely higher than center.

YouTube shorts of big accounts are a great place to observe short form video editing. They’ve learned a lot by trial and error.

It's all fun and games until you click one or two thirst trap clickbait shorts and next thing you know you can't open the app in front of your kids

I now consciously click Shane Gillis shorts to stop my YT feed from looking like a soft-core porn site

Building a little space at /thenextwave and watching everything on /videolab.

Building Farfessions, Phenomenon, and Betcaster

Practicing physician every other week, Dad every day, sometimes sh*tposter

I have my YouTube history turned off so that it doesn't serve me recommended shorts. If you're not tied to your recommendations, I highly recommend it. It's made my experience way better.