Overheard a teenager at the coffee shop call micro-vlogging 'the new diary'

She said she records 15-second clips of her breakfast every morning for 40 online friends, and honestly that sounds a lot more personal than the polished stuff people post on IG, but is that kind of raw, daily content going to stick around or will we all get bored of watching someone pour milk into a bowl by next month?

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wilson.sam18d ago

Wait, so Rachel dropped her whole phone into a bowl of yogurt? That's insane, I'd be so mad about the sticky mess in the charging port. @elizabethhayes I gotta say though, that's the kind of raw moment that makes micro-vlogging actually feel real compared to the fake stuff people stage. I think those tiny daily clips work when they show the boring parts of life that everyone secretly relates to, like pouring the same cereal for the thousandth time. The problem is most people will lose interest fast unless the creator has a specific weird thing going on, like Rachel's yogurt ritual or someone who always burns their toast. Honestly, the novelty wears off for me after a week unless there's some hidden story or goal behind it, like they're trying to hit 100 days straight or something.

elizabethhayes18d ago

Oh man, that actually reminds me of something my friend Rachel did for like three years straight. She used to film herself eating the exact same yogurt and granola every morning and post it to her like 12 followers on some obscure app. It was the most boring thing ever but I got weirdly invested in whether she'd switch flavors or find a weird lump in the yogurt one time. She stopped cold turkey when she dropped her phone in the bowl and it got all sticky. I think the raw daily stuff can stick if people actually care about the person behind it, but most of us just scroll past after a week, you know?