Vids brings videos, Shorts, and live streams into the spaces where people discuss and share their work. Creators keep their attribution while publishing alongside their community's articles and conversations.
Watch And Discover
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Community video browsing - Users can explore videos in a space or across the public catalog, search titles and descriptions, and open the creator's profile.
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Connected discussions - Each video's watch page shares its discussion with the linked article, keeping questions and replies together.
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Personal viewing - Signed-in users can return through History, resume saved playback positions, and collect videos in Watch later or Liked content.
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Playlists - Users can create private or public playlists, arrange their videos, and watch through an ordered queue.
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Share and appreciate - Viewers can copy video links, vote, give awards to creators, and report content through the attached discussion.
Shorts And Postcards
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Mixed discovery - Shorts combines short videos with featured article postcards, including pictures, playable media, and text excerpts.
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Quick navigation - Users can move between items with arrow keys, on-screen arrows, scrolling, or vertical swipes.
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Reading and replies - Viewers can read longer text, open the original article, or join its comments while browsing Shorts.
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Focused playback - Expanding Shorts preserves playback, while leaving an item stops its sound.
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Smaller screens - Compact navigation and rearranged details keep browsing and discussion available at narrower widths.
Creator Studio
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Upload and publish - Creators can prepare a video or Short, choose an eligible public space, upload their file, and publish when processing finishes.
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Draft management - Studio brings uploads and publication states together, with unpublishing available before changing published details.
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Viewing analytics - Creators can review views, watch time, average watch duration, and completions across seven, thirty, or ninety days.
Live Streams
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Broadcast setup - Creators can prepare a stream for an external encoder or use a camera and microphone on supported devices.
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Live conversation - Signed-in viewers can join live chat alongside the broadcast.
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Replay control - Creators can unpublish an ended stream's replay and publish it again when ready.
Availability
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Publishing permissions - Uploads and streams require permission to publish videos in a published public community space.
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Personal collections - Keeping history, saving videos, creating playlists, and using Studio require sign-in.