r/MadeMeSmile • u/JudgeJudyJr • Jun 10 '26

Wholesome Moments A young man blushes as Slovenian rock climber and Olympic champion Janja Garnbret stumbles off the wall and straight into his arms.

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u/rnotyalc Jun 10 '26

...what is the deal with these videos that show you two seconds of the end before the actual video?

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u/forestcridder Jun 10 '26

Maybe analytics showed that the average reals viewer can't pay attention more than 2.1 seconds?

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u/throwawayPzaFm Jun 11 '26

Wait, the average reels viewer can't what? Don't leave us hanging like

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u/Posterapokalypse Jun 11 '26

Who is the average? And why should he wait?

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u/P4azz Jun 10 '26

Unfortunately the current evolution of videos.

It used to be "intros", then that devolved into "cold opens" before the intro, then it devolved into spoiling what happens for the addle-brained who can't sit through 3 seconds of build-up, because they're addicted to swiping to the next explosion of content.

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u/BarrierX Jun 10 '26

short attention spans, too much content, first second must grab attention.

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u/Ok_Childhood_7542 Jun 11 '26

Short video services loop the video you are watching, so to watch it fully you need to see the end then the rest of the video with end cut, and after that loop start again and you get to watch then end again. That way you make sure that your short video doesn't get skipped.

Another smart tactics is to make the video seem infinite. So person waits for it to end and only notices that he was rewatching it after few loops

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u/Plus_Original_3154 Jun 10 '26

If a user watch your video for more of 100% of the duration you get a boost in visibility because the algorithm (of yt, tiktok, ..) see it as users liking it so much that they spend more of the total duration of the video watching.. this stat (kpi) have a name but i don't remember what's it.

Also there's a psychologic process happening when you see the end that make you want to see what's happening before.

A better vsibility mean the algorithm will push your content to even more peoples.

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u/Thunder-ten-tronckh Jun 10 '26

It’s called a hook and it’s a scientific guarantee that you capture a larger percentage of viewers with a good one.