# Twitter is surprisingly good for finding interesting videos

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-surprisingly-good-for-finding-interesting-videos/815085>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-surprisingly-good-for-finding-interesting-videos/815085 "2018-05-29T20:17:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-surprisingly-good-for-finding-interesting-videos/815085/1 "2018-05-29T20:17:10Z")

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This is something I discovered just a few days back. For example I enjoy following trends in technology and if I search in Twitter for terms like “robotics”, “drones” or just “tech videos” I invariably find something interesting I haven’t seen before; for example a video about robots building a chair, vertical gardens in Mexico and drones in an ice cave.

Because it’s Twitter the videos are short, around a minute or two, and recent. If I have 15 minutes to kill, it may be the best way of quickly finding neat stuff.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-surprisingly-good-for-finding-interesting-videos/815085/2 "2018-05-29T20:37:48Z")

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I agree with you to an extent, but the Twitter posts are often just a reference to YouTube anyway. But anything we can do to keep YouTube from being dominant is good since they seem to be losing their mind a bit.

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**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-surprisingly-good-for-finding-interesting-videos/815085/3 "2018-05-29T20:46:37Z")

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Youtube is great too but typically the videos are longer and less recent. It’s good if you have some time and want a bit more depth. But for cool 1-2 minute videos from the last few days Twitter works better.