Which social media reels are the worst of the worst?
- WGSS Libr@ry
- Oct 10
- 2 min read
I spent 20 minute on each platform on a new account and collected my evidence to see which of these four is the undeniably worst.
I also took a type test to check if I got smarter or dumber.
Youtube shorts
Wpm 1 = 30 with 90% accuracy.
Started with a very funny kid fails video which I laughed at but then it sort of slowed down. I really like the top 5 videos they are very good but I only saw a little few of them. Saw a spiderman clip and he is my favorite hero so I thought that was cool. I also saw a sponsored video from our mayor Eric Woodward which I weird as im on a new account to watch these videos. Lots of movie clips and top 5s which if very cool.
Wpm 2 = 49 with 100% accuracy.
Facebook reels
Wpm = 42 with 95% accuracy.
Five minutes in and 4 of the 7 videos have been Simpsons clips. Actually now ten minutes in I think almost every other video is a Simpsons clip. Not much else to say, the
videos weren’t very funny and practically every video was a Simpsons clip.
Wpm = 45 with 96% accuracy.
Tiktok
Wpm 1 = 33 with 86% accuracy.
Five minutes in and it is mostly just regular videoes of everyday life no brainrot no nothing surprisingly in the first ten minutes I got three videos that had racoons in them. Not many food videos not many pranks mostly just regular videos after 15 minutes the videos started to get funnier and have better quality. I was able to find of video of the rizzbot who is the little robot with a cowboy hat that walks around new York city. After completing the twenty minutes id say it was good but took to long to get to the humor side of tiktok.
Wpm 2 = 36 with 87% accuracy.
Cites
Hmm, while I am not a big social media guy, I know the power of the reel and "doom scrolling". I know all of these platforms are capable of buring many hours of peopels lives with the power of the thumb flick. Is it worth it to scroll even if the reel is accurate. I dunno. I do know that even with all the noise out there from these vides, there are tiems I am taken aback by some trully outstanding work that makes me think, inspires me, empowers me. Lots of trash to sift through to get to taht point though. The nature of huamnity is to pander to the lowest form of video of production, but perhaps it…