LucasMay 3, 2023
rstevens 🐳💨✅
sorry, but i am never going to watch a video over reading an article unless i am trying to unclog a drain or toilet
May 1, 2023 at 10:45pmIvory for Mac
Show threadKyle LoweMay 1, 2023
@rstevens https://www.videoticle.com turns YouTube's captions for a video into an article!
Videoticle - Read YouTube videos as Medium-style articles

Given a YouTube video with subtitles, Videoticle extracts text and snapshots from the video, generating a Medium-style article for you to read, saving you time and data bills. Videoticle is especially useful in vlog videos, where YouTubers just talk and talk and talk...

Show threadWandering HermitMay 1, 2023
@rstevens
Yes.
Show threadJosh "cortex" MillardMay 2, 2023
@rstevens you talk real big but some day you're also gonna have to try and fix your dishwasher
Show threadrstevens 🐳💨✅May 2, 2023
@joshmillard BEEN THERE
Show thread¡ɜɿoɾɪɹℲ 🌯May 2, 2023
@rstevens I tried working on my car off books and old forum posts and now it doesn't work. but I still won't watch a video.
Show threadpaulmwatsonMay 3, 2023
@frijole lol I found out my Mazda dealership’s service department was watching YouTube on how to fix my CX-5. (It didn’t help though. They were still clueless. But I read a recall article and told them what the problem was.)
Show threadelle mundyMay 3, 2023
@rstevens video watchers have no idea how easy it is for an article reader to rewind
Show threadrstevens 🐳💨✅May 3, 2023
@exchgr when they learn what we can do with the spacebar they are gonna FREAK
Show threadelle mundyMay 3, 2023
@rstevens video watchers: spacebar is for pausing 🥴
article readers: watch this
Show threadelle mundyMay 3, 2023
@rstevens brb making a video on how to read articles
Show threadrstevens 🐳💨✅May 3, 2023
@exchgr bluesky only thinks it operates at this level of humor
Show threadJesseMay 3, 2023
@exchgr @rstevens Audio though
Show threadScott WillseyMay 3, 2023
@rstevens videos are good for automotive stuff too.
Show threadJason Brooks May 3, 2023
@rstevens even then
Show threadAdam GurriMay 3, 2023
@rstevens ah I see you are a person of culture as well
Show threadJenericMay 3, 2023
@rstevens I cannot agree with sentiment more strongly. I like the default being a video clip about as much as directing to a news source that’s behind a paywall.
Show threadIan TindaleMay 3, 2023
@rstevens other way round with me, at least when it comes to porn
Show threadpaulmwatsonMay 3, 2023
@rstevens omg yes. Recipes, coding, how tos (with pictures) etc etc. text Is Best
Show threadMichael GatMay 3, 2023
@rstevens I find it helpful for doing certain work on my car and motorcycle as well.
Show threadJanne MorenMay 4, 2023

@rstevens
When it's not your native language, text let's you read as slow as you need, jump around in the text, and copy and look up words and phrases you're unfamiliar with.

But video is great for any kind of manual skill - playing an instrument, creating visual arts, any kind of hands-on kraft from cooking to plumbing.

Show threadTim HareMay 4, 2023
@rstevens I would add I am usually not going to listen to a podcast of what could be an article (some podcasts are not that). The problem is speed - I can read more quickly than they can read to me, in a video or on a podcast
Show threadImpossible Umbrella   May 4, 2023
@rstevens There are a whole lot of bad videos out there (especially the ones with a 2-minute intro to demonstrate a thing that takes 20-seconds!), but spare a thought for people with dyslexia like me - who find it much easier to absorb knowledge verbally/visually when compared to reading it as text. So for me, a *good* video (i.e. one that wasn’t made to do the video equivalents of SEO for ‘the algorithm’) is very valuable to help get stuff into my head and make it stick there. ♾️
Show threadDan HattonMay 4, 2023
@rstevens Even then...