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 threadGeorge B5d ago

@darrenpmeyer

I've come to the conclusion that the rise of videos is partially because it's so easy to make a shit quality instructional video, just film what you're doing.

For even bad quality instructions, you still need to translate what you're doing into words.

Ideal would be searchable text article with animated and pausable GIFs for things that are better shown than described

Show threadschrotthaufen
@gbargoud @darrenpmeyer I think a large factor in video over text is, that Americans can’t read. https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2022-2023
Literacy Statistics 2022-2023

Literacy Data and its impact on the Nation • Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children • 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2022 • 54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level • 45 million are functionally illiterate and read below a 5th grade level • 44% of the American adults do not read a book in a year • The Top 3 states for highest child literacy rates were Massachusetts, Maryland

National Literacy
Apr 29 at 8:44amToot!
Show threadAndreas Tengicki5d ago
@schrotthaufen @gbargoud @darrenpmeyer 😂 🇪🇺
Show threadMark Whybird5d ago
@andreas_tengicki @schrotthaufen @gbargoud @darrenpmeyer [insert Simpson’s can’t read meme here]