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I wanted to pick a name that's generic and not specific to any particular platform. For example, !microblogmemes@lemmy.world instead of !whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

I don't see a community for that yet, aside from !loops@midwest.social, which is specific to Loops.

Some sources of the content could be:

  • Fediverse Loops
  • Tiktok
  • Instagram Reels
  • YouTube Shorts

The sidebar could include guides on how to link to the content in a more accessible way (ex. alternate front-ends or re-posting).

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago

New rapper name

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is the best name. We need to have more funny community names.

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It might be better as a display name than a community name. I only say that because as much as I like funny community names, they can unintentionally reduce and obfuscate community's visibility and purpose to newcomers.

If one wants it to be easily found, arguably the best community names may be either shorts or clips, followed possibly by shortvids. The display name however can be as playful as one might want, as I think frontends/apps rely on the community name when searching over the display name.

Now for the worst name, in either respect, you might make it microvlogmemes, or microvlogs, neither of which I think I've ever seen or heard anyone use anywhere. I can't even remember the last time I heard or read anyone else mention a vlog, so yeah, may be technically accurate but awful otherwise.

[–] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago
[–] rimu@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

That was harsh 😅

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

!ShortFormVideos works, but it feels a bit technical and sterile?

!ShortFormShares could also work

[–] jared@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 points 1 year ago

!ShortFormVideos is what I instantly thought. !ShortFormShares feels less formal. As an idiot, I might click thinking you are talking about the stock market, but once I saw a bunch of videos in the community it would be obvious to me what it's about

[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Perhaps MiniVids?

[–] classic@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago
[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago
[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Subsidiary question, how do you share videos, is it possible on Lemmy now?

I can't share images bigger than 2MB 😰

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is an instance specific limitation.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I know, but it also seems to be a pictrs limitation, I have fiddled around a bit without success on my instance.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Post them to another host (realisticly, probably YouTube) and then post the link to that.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well that won't show up as a video on Lemmy or will it?

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago

Depends of the interface. Mp4 show up correctly on the Web UI

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On desktop, if you link to an mp4 file hosted somewhere, it embeds the video in the post, just as a picture would be embedded.

Example: https://lemmy.world/post/23008472

How does this post appear to you?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is just a link.

Edit: I'm using Connect.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you post the file to somewhere you can directly link to it (I.E. wvvw.notawebsite.com/file.mp4) it will show up as one. That said, I don't know of any hosts who allow sharing of Video content this way. Some clients also embed YouTube properly, and I wouldn't be suprised if PeerTube worked too, but I have yet to see anyone directly try and post PeerTube content.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago
[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

brief

inbrief

brevi (abbreviated)

terse terrse

crisp qrisp

Length limit? inb8 inb120

Infinivid

vidlem

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

!gifs@lemmy.world is basically the same as short form videos.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago
[–] hono4kami@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago
[–] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago
[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

FediShorts ?

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 1 year ago

Tangentially, there is also !loops@lemmy.world, although that is dedicated to discussing the Loops platform, not for sharing the actual content.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 1 points 11 months ago

Please reply to this comment when you decided on a name.

VideoHaikus

Reddit had YouTubeHaikus, which were short (often less than 15 second) videos. If you’re focused on short-form videos, then “haiku” at least expresses that.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

!shitnoonewants@lemmy.world

[–] coriza@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I was of the same opinion up until the reddit API ban. Then I had a period of not having what to do while on the toilet. Leaving alone at the time video sound was not a problem and I gravitated to yt shorts for some doom scrolling whilst pooping. Now I see the appeal and usefulness since so much time people spend on the phone instead of a TV or monitor. But as usual people abuse it, long vertical videos or landscape videos cropped or resized are terrible.