holothuroidThis is a proposal to expand the tried tl;dr standard for further usecases.
The authors propose
pw;dr - paywall; didn't read
ai;dr - ai, didn't read
This is a draft.
Kristoffer Lawson@holothuroid honestly for me the most common would be v;dw — video, didn't watch. Could also be v;cr — video, can't read. Sick of people sharing a video explanation of something, rather than just telling.
Štěpán 💤@Setok @holothuroid I think you should read this thread from one of the best YouTubers I know, who also almost quit fedi because of "v;dw" people: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/113007851768929530
If you for some reason don't want to watch a video that somebody put effort in, and somebody else shared that work with you instead of rewriting it as text, you might just not watch it. Don't have to announce it to everybody.
If you for some reason don't want to watch a video that somebody put effort in, and somebody else shared that work with you instead of rewriting it as text, you might just not watch it. Don't have to announce it to everybody.
Technology Connections (@[email protected])
Ya know what? I'm gonna toot my own horn today On Here Specifically. I have already received at least a dozen thankful comments/replies for letting people know they can slow down door closers. A lot of people have been living with irritating bangs in apartment buildings and whatnot. And thanks to watching a YouTube video, their life is now better. I didn't sell anything to them, I just decided to share some knowledge in my own (hopefully entertaining) way.
@stepan @holothuroid I have nothing against someone making a video. But I have every right to be frustrated if I’m forced to watch it to find info about a product or instructions. Many times those videos are done not because YouTube is somehow an amazing place for that, but to get clicks and subscribers and, thus, money. Often even the post about the video doesn’t give you the basics, ‘the spoiler’, so as to get views.
I also have every right to then react with v;dw.
@Setok @holothuroid if it's a bad video created only for views and money (which I kinda doubt would be shared online to help you but ok), then you should at least say it's a bad video, instead of saying you didn't watch it just because it is a video. Most people who comment things like that don't watch the video, and thus can't say if it's bad or no. The recent TechnologyConnections drama on Mastodon shows exactly how bad it is for his mental health when he puts extreme amount of effort into a video, and then when it's linked by someone people start commenting how they are not going to watch it 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁‘𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼.
Also I don't think anybody is forcing you to watch a video.
Also I don't think anybody is forcing you to watch a video.
@stepan @holothuroid the video itself might be fine. Even great. But if I have to watch it to find about your product, I won’t. Perhaps some work that way, I don’t. So you get things like “The number one reason you shouldn’t buy the Austin Elektra EV! Click video”. Rather than just, you know, typing out the thing.
Or “Learn how to build a door!”. A video, whereas following a static document with pictures and text is way easier.
It’s obvious many do it for Tubefame.