Fabricated Paradise
Patrick ChizeckPlease just tell me what I need to know. Don't make me watch a video.
Sadmé Amidala
@chizeck and if you insist on making me watch the video, use captions so I can at least mute it.
Peter Havercan 💙@AmandaRex @chizeck
And if your video is a screen-grab of your interaction with a program GUI, rehearse it so you don't make mistakes (or edit out the goofs). And make sure the clicks and keystrokes are clear and obvious, and described in the audio!
But usually, a thousand words is worth a twenty minute video, really.
I cannot stress enough that editing is beyond essential! (and I'm not just saying that because I'm a professional editor).
David - Forking Mad@chizeck Totally agree. I can read faster than I can watch someone trying to spout off on a video
Jon Henshaw@chizeck is exactly what I think but the opposite of what my kids want 
Flaming June@chizeck or listen to a podcast
"Hello and welcome back to my channel" followed by a "Where I've been these last 4 months"
Just to get to the shitty 4 minute tutorial of something you already knew and thought the video would have something new.
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE@chizeck Depends. For most things, yes. But for learning a new software system I find the videos useful because they include all the folklore (tips, tricks, bugs, ect ect) that isn't in the official documentation.
I make an exception for tutorials like this, as long as there isn't a 4 minute intro with the person onscreen talking about the various ways you can follow their life.
I'm like Joe Friday: Just the facts, ma'am.
Ben Taylor@chizeck So much this. Don't make me watch a five minute video for something you could describe in four bullet points.
Patrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦
Third spruce tree on the left@chizeck Yeah, but you need to mash that Like/Subscribe button! Now hear about the latest thing from our sponsor!
ANd let me auto-narrate this for you with the TikTok auto-narrator!
̶s̶e̶t̶h̶ ̶ ̶@chizeck ... 30 seconds my techno intro then "Hey there youtubers It's big daddy sawbladez here the king of power tools here to answer all your questions about chisels, fasteners and all things carpentry. Today we're talking about <something tangentially related to what you searched for> but first let's stop and do a gimmicky thing and laugh and check out the new USB mic stand that I got isn't it cool? Now a word from my sponsor ...
sharon under the stars@chizeck so much this
Jeff McFadden@chizeck Oh gawd. Tell me. 🎯
suchajazzyline@chizeck *reads the transcript*
Raphael
ThaTeacherAMC@chizeck seriously!
#WikiParty@chizeck There are still many people whose internet access is too expensive and/or slow to watch online video
Jen - It's The Climate, Stupid@chizeck I'm with you.
Wait for YouTube to open.
Wait for ads, 5,4,3,2,1.
Person blathers on. Finally gets to the bit you want but you missed most of it. Difficult to rewind.
Nightmare.
Wait for YouTube to open.
Wait for ads, 5,4,3,2,1.
Person blathers on. Finally gets to the bit you want but you missed most of it. Difficult to rewind.
Nightmare.
🏳️🌈Superdave! 😘🍷👨🦯
Nico@chizeck YES! This so much. Some things may be suited to teaching by following along a video, but not everything
zendao42@chizeck
That's how I feel about the news
That's how I feel about the news
bitzero@chizeck I have the same opinion. But then someone explained to me that most people nowadays are functionally illiterate, so it’s much better to show them an howto video than make them read a text.
Absolutely fair enough. But I would like the option to never have to watch a video again when three bullet points could convey the information clearly.
ProScience 🇪🇺
Edge@chizeck @SweResistance 1000x this.
rag. Gustavino BevilacquaWithout a video it's impossible to insert the sponsor message.
Aaron@chizeck If someone links me to a video to support a point they made, the conversation is pretty much over for me. I'm *not* clicking that. Say what you need to say to me. I actually value my time, believe it or not. Also, videos are torture.
Gula@chizeck text FTW
Flock of Cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 ❄️@chizeck not showing a video? That doesn’t make any AdSense!!
Jay 🆘@jsit THIS I like.
@chizeck And I should have known, a quick search tells me this exists, probably many versions do: https://www.summarize.tech
Erik MoellerSort-of exists (ChatGPT + VoxScript plugin, probably others): https://gptstore.ai/plugins/voxscript-awt-icu
John Chivall@chizeck perennial 21st century woe
@chizeck Yes, yes and yes! hehehe
Just Tom... 🐁@chizeck - Every time. Life is far far too short...
Nicky@chizeck And yet, so many people give the site I work for the feedback that they literally can't do anything unless there's a step-by-step guide in video form.
Since I find that useless myself and thus would be bad at producing it, and I'm the boss of our help documentation, we're resisting the tide. Not sure for how long, though.
Jake in the desert@chizeck THIS. WHY are we ALWAYS making VIDEOS of everything. It's exhausting
Steve@chizeck Ditto.
Evelyn@chizeck @alexanderhay I don’t care who you think you are, honey-
I guarantee you I can read faster than you can talk.
I guarantee you I can read faster than you can talk.
Second Chance Bikes@chizeck
amen to that. Everybody wants to be a movie star. I frequently search for "how to" info on unfamiliar components on bicyckes I refurbish. To get an answer "three phillips screws, one hidden beneath the trigger" i have to suffer through a tedious video belaboring the bleeding obvious.
amen to that. Everybody wants to be a movie star. I frequently search for "how to" info on unfamiliar components on bicyckes I refurbish. To get an answer "three phillips screws, one hidden beneath the trigger" i have to suffer through a tedious video belaboring the bleeding obvious.
Chris. You know. That one.@chizeck The modern web's "This could have been an email"
SloanLA@chizeck @jon_alper Every work training video ever… I can't hit 2x and it is the same content as last year… 1 hour long…
@chizeck problem is they make more with the video by wasting your time while charging advertisers all the time the page is up.