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I read it different. From personal experience alone I watch a lot of videos on FB fully without ever clicking to listen the audio. And several content producers

by soneca 10y ago

I read it different. From personal experience alone I watch a lot of videos on FB fully without ever clicking to listen the audio. And several content producers are adapting to this by creating video where audio is optional. With subtitles or sometimes it is nothing more than a "animated slide presentation". But also videos like highlights of NBA games.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
I'd like to point out that this is but a single data point.
- dasil003 10y ago
  You can say that any time anyone says anything (and on HN someone usually does), but if you think about it for more than half a second, actually it is more than a single data point if multiple content producers are optimizing video for silent viewing.
  - Aldo_MX 10y ago
    Content creators usually tweak their content to increase their metrics, whether those metrics translate in more engagement is different.
  - Touche 10y ago
    > You can say that any time anyone says anything (and on HN someone usually does) As well they should, personal anecdotes rarely contribute much to the conversation.
    - pvg 10y ago
      It's a conversation-demolishing verbal tic, along with incantations about causation and correlation, straw people, ad homunculi and the like. Avoiding these helps conversations stay conversations rather than tedious protocol.
      - Touche 10y ago
        Some of us find conversations that devolve into these things to be incredibly frustrating to be part of. People love to share anecdotes about themselves but rarely care much for others peoples' anecdotes. Before sharing that you prefer pepsi over coke you should ask yourself whether you care at all that some stranger on the internet prefers coke over pepsi. Assuming the answer is 'no', then why bother sharing these sorts of things yourself.
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draw_down 10y ago
I do that a lot too, often I don't care to listen to the sound or am in a place where it would be inconvenient to listen.
serge2k 10y ago
I watch those food prep videos without sound every time.

by soneca 10y ago

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

I'd like to point out that this is but a single data point.

dasil003 10y ago
You can say that any time anyone says anything (and on HN someone usually does), but if you think about it for more than half a second, actually it is more than a single data point if multiple content producers are optimizing video for silent viewing.
- Aldo_MX 10y ago
  Content creators usually tweak their content to increase their metrics, whether those metrics translate in more engagement is different.
- Touche 10y ago
  > You can say that any time anyone says anything (and on HN someone usually does) As well they should, personal anecdotes rarely contribute much to the conversation.
  - pvg 10y ago
    It's a conversation-demolishing verbal tic, along with incantations about causation and correlation, straw people, ad homunculi and the like. Avoiding these helps conversations stay conversations rather than tedious protocol.
    - Touche 10y ago
      Some of us find conversations that devolve into these things to be incredibly frustrating to be part of. People love to share anecdotes about themselves but rarely care much for others peoples' anecdotes. Before sharing that you prefer pepsi over coke you should ask yourself whether you care at all that some stranger on the internet prefers coke over pepsi. Assuming the answer is 'no', then why bother sharing these sorts of things yourself.
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draw_down 10y ago

I do that a lot too, often I don't care to listen to the sound or am in a place where it would be inconvenient to listen.

serge2k 10y ago

I watch those food prep videos without sound every time.