Tim Hergert
ity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCK@cjust @USBTypeSteve if someone sends me tiktok or youtube shorts, I will ignore them
Sincirely, GenZ.
@cjust @USBTypeSteve I grew up in the age of 2-4 hour long YouTube documentaries, YouTube shorts makes me cry
Cat@ity @cjust @USBTypeSteve youtubes used to top out at 10 mins so to me feature-length youtubes are asking a lot
youtube shorts want to be vines
Washington Irving@catmisgivings @ity @cjust @USBTypeSteve Shorts have place. I've watched plenty of "how to" shorts. E.g. how to repair smtng on a car, how to find smtng in a game etc. And I am 50 , grew up with an Atari 65 E, Total COMMANDER, 1 needle printer and BASIC 😀 And sometimes I do succumb to brainrot shorts too 🙃
@WashingtonIrving @ity @cjust @USBTypeSteve I'm good with long-form repair videos. Some of the best shorts I've seen are by Dan Toomey @GoodWorkMB and the funny US/France cultural difference videos @royaventurera
@catmisgivings @ity @cjust @USBTypeSteve Well, I understand, but for example I had to repair armrest on Mazda. It was quick and easy fix, explained in a short video. Specific small repair job. Shorts are the way to go for these.
Heather 👻@cjust @USBTypeSteve Ah yes just send a picture of the text too. Logical.
Chris Routh (He/Him)As an elder millenial (or xennial, whichever you prefer), I approve this message.
Jay@cjust @USBTypeSteve Gen Z and Alpha I get, but there are Millennials who aren’t begging for text?
Arthur van der Harg@cjust @USBTypeSteve Exactly why I don’t like podcasts.
Wilfried Klaebe@ArtHarg This! Please, provide transscripts!
Sven Geggus@wonka @ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve Hm. While reading I usually can not do something else. While hearing Podcasts I can.
@giggls @wonka @cjust @USBTypeSteve I prefer to either give my full attention to what I’m doing or let my thoughts wander. Paying attention to a podcast while doing something else feels like I’m giving neither the podcast nor the task the attention they deserve.
When my mind wanders while doing a routine task, my brain is still in control of the switch when the task needs my attention. I barely notice the interruption. Not so when I’m concentrating on a podcast.
@giggls I can't. If I try, I accomplish neither of the two things I try to do in parallel.
Also, transscripts can be read by the deaf. And they can be searched more easily.
@wonka @ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve Hm I am talking about stuff like cleaning the Kitchen, hanging up laundry and other boring stuff.
@giggls Those are not a good fit for me somehow.
Claudius@giggls @wonka @ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve as long as there are chores and commutes, there will be podcasts. For me they are a lifesaver. I don't say they must be working for you, but I am saying "I am very happy that they exist". But also: yes transcripts are awesome for many reasons, too!
Transcripts can be useful even for people who listen to podcasts during chores - "I heard something about that in a podcast once" is much easier to resolve with a search over the transcripts than listening to all of them all over again.
Dieu@ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve I used to listen to a podcast where they talked about articles while tidying up or doing the dishes. Not as informative but still interesting, and I have hands and eyes free for other things. Video just combines the disadvantages.
Derrial Book@ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve
At some point I knew that I dislike podcasts. I also an not a big fan of walking (yeah, I'm lazy). However, I love walking and listening to podcasts simultaneously.
At some point I knew that I dislike podcasts. I also an not a big fan of walking (yeah, I'm lazy). However, I love walking and listening to podcasts simultaneously.
@ArtHarg @cjust @USBTypeSteve
If I were a wordsmith, that's exactly how I would put it.
They just go together so well from the 'how much attention I have to give to each task' point of view. In addition, it's fantastic from the 'move, or you'll die young' point. I have an equivalent of a desk job (actually, an armchair job), so I really need that.
Kent Navalesi ☕️I'm an older millennial and perpetually embarrassed "slow reader." The fact that I read faster than GenZ should terrify everyone.
Jamie Gaskins@cjust @USBTypeSteve I get the sentiment, but as a GenX person who reads really slowly and sometimes doesn't have the patience for it, the generalization isn't great.
Graham WattCan I add, stop breaking up your post into a dozen posts when Mastodon supports a wall of text. We can read longer text and should be doing so.
Daniel Gibson@guamwatt @cjust @USBTypeSteve
Mastodon only supports 500 chars (unless patched).
Other Fediverse Software supports more, though
Mastodon only supports 500 chars (unless patched).
Other Fediverse Software supports more, though
@Doomed_Daniel
Thanks for the correction. I guess infosec.exchange has a higher limit (10000+)
Thanks for the correction. I guess infosec.exchange has a higher limit (10000+)
@guamwatt
yeah Mastodon can be patched to support that (see e.g. https://fouquet.me/2024/10/10/mastodon-4-3-char-limit)
It's baffling that Mastodon doesn't seem to provide a proper setting for this
Ash_Crow@Doomed_Daniel @guamwatt A 500 characters limit is fine. It allows you to like or boost the parts you want in a thread in a way that is not possible with a single wall of text.
And a single 10000+ chars message is too big in a system that doesn't manage headings to split it reasonably.
aeva@Doomed_Daniel @guamwatt @cjust @USBTypeSteve that's just newbie mode that has the 500 character limit if you switch it to expert mode you can write longer posts and use 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓼
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀@aeva @Doomed_Daniel @guamwatt @cjust @USBTypeSteve
How does one switch to expert mode?
@nyrath @aeva @Doomed_Daniel @cjust @USBTypeSteve
Tap the BIG GEAR for settings, tapped on Other, maybe this setting for Default Format for Toots is the control?
@guamwatt @nyrath @aeva @cjust @USBTypeSteve
the different "font" is using weird unicode chars instead of actual formatting
that "default format" thing is not a regular Mastodon feature, but one of the "glitch-soc" fork: https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/features/rich-text/
@Doomed_Daniel @guamwatt @nyrath @cjust @USBTypeSteve do not listen to these fools, you have to ask gargon to enable it for you
Sci-Fi Girl@5ciFiGirl @guamwatt @nyrath @Doomed_Daniel @cjust @USBTypeSteve what about that instance for dolphins where people can only say the letter "E" I bet you didn't think of that did you
The Book of Kels@guamwatt @cjust @USBTypeSteve
This one I don't mind, because when given the opportunity to make a Wall o' Text, a lot of people forget what *paragraphs* are.
I'm fine if they're forced to break things up for readability sometimes.
Sarah Sammis
Crystal_Fish_Caves@cjust @USBTypeSteve to all tik tokers and you tubers; if your vid starts with, Hi I'm....I have already left the building.
@Crystal_Fish_Caves @USBTypeSteve SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE AND LIKE BUTTON!
ʙwɑnɑ нoɴoʟʊʟʊ 
@cjust Elder Millennial here, agreeing. And if it *has* to be a video, at least let me watch on 2x speed. 😅
MylesRydenTotally relate, hate watching a 5 minute video where the actual content could have easily been boiled down to a sentence.
Yes, DIY type information needs to be seen for the technique or something, but most of the time the straight information would be much better in text.
vxo
Sunanda@cjust millennial co signing this. Please just make articles on how to do stuff. I'm tired of 1.5x-ing bloody tutorial videos.
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️@Theorem_Poem @cjust @USBTypeSteve
And we really do not need to be shown how to take the thingamajig out of the box.
Laura Hargreaves 👩💻@Theorem_Poem @cjust @USBTypeSteve Finally someone else saying it! 😅 Fellow millennial here and I HATE video as a format. I can skim an article for what I need in seconds, absolutely just wasting my time with all the 'like and subscribe' stuff 😂
Caleb@Theorem_Poem @laura @cjust @USBTypeSteve
My “favorite”:
intro + “Let’s get started” + branding bumper + ad + finally gets “started”
My “favorite”:
intro + “Let’s get started” + branding bumper + ad + finally gets “started”
@cjust @USBTypeSteve and yet if i want my Boomer manager to understand the article, i have to make a powerpoint about it. with graphs
Phil Wolff@evanwolf @cjust @USBTypeSteve i'll record an animated gif of my screen as i create the powerpoint and speed it up 8x
and i'll work a recipe for blue gatorade tacos into it somehow
requiem 🦫
Molly Cantrell-Kraig 🍷Can confirm.
`Da Elf@cjust @USBTypeSteve That's a Wrap for my day. After this Imma just go to the beach, drink beer, and read a book. This is inspiring, completely correct, and I just don't feel I can contribute more to the day than this so .... huah.
James H McLaren@cjust @USBTypeSteve When I click on a link to a topic I'm interested in, as soon as I see it's a video I'm like "Nope".
Harold Smith@cjust @USBTypeSteve so into that. Cannot wrap my head around why the whole world has to be explained now in watching videos. I guess there seems to be a need to feel involved, which works when somebody talks to you. But when you are alone, the circus starts again.
Kinene⭐🐻@cjust @USBTypeSteve I prefer the written word to video explanations for almost everything. If I have to use a video, I speed it up, and wind up taking notes by hand, anyway.
Just give me written instructions and a few photos or diagrams.
(Gen. Jones, not Boomer)
sortius 
@cjust @USBTypeSteve yep, I don't read many books these days (two kids don't give me time), but by dammit I read articles, all the time. Sometimes while watching entertainment.
It's how we learned to absorb stuff. Read while the TV is on, or read while music is on
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