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I loved this format so much. It feels like some of the people who are complaining are acting as if this is going to replace text somehow, which I hardly think w
by tw1010 8y ago
I loved this format so much. It feels like some of the people who are complaining are acting as if this is going to replace text somehow, which I hardly think will be the case. There is plenty of room for both formats. I thought this was the perfect middleground between a documentary and an article. Documentaries often feel biased or like they're trying to manipulate the audience or something. Articles, at least to me (though it's a function of how good your imagination is), can sometimes feel a bit too distant from reality. Language is too abstract, too manipulable, and some phrases are too loaded to not be distracting. Short videos with scenes from everyday life, coupled with a slight bit of interactivity (the "next" button) makes it much harder to zone out of (unlike a long-form movie), and to me at least made it much more somehow connected to reality. I definitely feel like I have a much closer and personal understanding of the situation, much more so than I would have gotten with a documentary or an article.