Darren Meyer 5d ago
I know I'm increasingly in the minority, but I can't stand learning most things from videos. If you must share information by making a video, please *please* also make it available to read.
Show threadRobert Pickering
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Can't understand why video tutorials are so popular, very annoying.
Apr 29 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadCassandrich5d ago
@robertpi @darrenpmeyer Because we've let shitheads get away with making it so the majority of indexed text articles are SEO content farm, or now "AI", slop, and nobody producing new information wants their work buried under that shit. Video format by real presenter is serving as proof of authentic human work and caring about the subject matter.
Show threadDarren Meyer 5d ago
@dalias @robertpi cool; none of that stops the information from also being available in text. Note how I didn’t say not to make videos, just to *also* provide the information in text form.
Show threadAlexandre Oliva4d ago
it's easier to bundle mandatory ads with videos than with text; they're too easy to skip on plain text

so ad businesses offer crumbs to those who venture into the video-making business, select some winners to promote like lottery winners, to encourage others to also try their luck, and here we are

and then, since there's so much video stuff out there, because of the twisted business model, people who don't realize the market distortion conclude that people actually prefer ridiculously low-density videos over readable text, and so they set out to produce videos even without an expectation of monetary rewards

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