YouTube’s added a brand new approach for creators to interact with their neighborhood by way of Shorts, with a brand new choice to create a Shorts clip primarily based on a remark posted in your movies.
As you may see on this instance, the brand new choice will present a fast hyperlink to create a Quick from a posted remark, which is able to then switch that remark to a sticker inside the Shorts digital camera.
Which is identical as TikTok’s video reply choice, which Instagram (in fact) additionally copied in December final 12 months.
As per YouTube:
“Creators: we heard that you really want to have the ability to function feedback posted in your channel in your Shorts content material, and now you may. This launch is the primary of many for the remark expertise on Shorts.”
So YouTube’s seeking to lean into the engagement parts of TikTok, with extra interactive options in Shorts – and positively, that has been a core a part of TikTok’s large success, inviting viewers into the expertise, versus merely consuming content material.
Given this, it is sensible for YouTube so as to add the identical, which might be one other consideration in your Shorts technique. When you’ve got one – which, provided that Shorts is now producing 30 billion views per day, amongst 1.5 billion month-to-month logged-in customers, maybe you must.
The brand new choice is rolling out from at present, and will probably be accessible to all Shorts creators on iOS ‘within the coming weeks’, with an Android launch to observe.