[DISCUSS] Pros/cons of videos for technical documentation? - Lemmy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3560540 [https://lemmy.ml/post/3560540] > You probably have already noticed that nowadays it’s becoming fashionable online to share technical material via videos (eg YouTube.) > > I somehow can understand the appeal of creating videos for sharing thoughts/news, esp b/c it takes way less time and focus compared to writing things (just hit the record button and go.) > > But videos are > 👎 not index-able (at least locally) > 👎 not searchable > 👎 not copy-paste friendly if at all > 👎 impossible to skim through > 👎 a major distraction from the train of thoughts > > IMO, in most cases, the more effective and impactful medium of technical comms is the written form: a Mastodon toot, a blog post, a gist, a Pastebin entry or even a Facebook post! > > What are your thoughts? > > [https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/33853fb4-f520-4975-80cd-b873de5bf22d.png]