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It sucks for people aren’t videogenic though.

by mrfusion 6y ago

kiba 6y ago
There are tons of DIY video that didn't really feature the person's face, or isn't really necessary.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  Binging with Babish didn't even show his face until he was popular: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw He basically popularized a whole genre of "here are my rolled-up sleeved forearms doing things" video framing.
  - ngngngng 6y ago
    He has some really nice looking forearms though.
- 29athrowaway 6y ago
  Right. For example, the lockpicking lawyer has millions of views. I have not seen every video, but the ones I've seen do not feature any faces, just lockpicking.
- njharman 6y ago
  Voice quality, speaking mannerisms, etc. are extremely critical. Probably more so that visual. It's a major boon having a charismatic personality whether you look good or not. A video with just poor sound quality (bad mics, noise) but otherwise excellent is nearly unwatchable. Same with a nasally, monotone, dry and boring speaker.
dylan604 6y ago
or for people not wanting to watch videos. if a video is a supplemental part of a well written blog, then so be it. however, the video tends to be replacing the well written blog while leaving out the finer details the blog once provided.
- ghaff 6y ago
  I think it's a combination of a lot of people are more biased towards watching a video than reading compared to some of us AND the fact the a lot of people find it a lot easier to narrate a video than it is to write a decent blog post especially if they also have to add photos etc.
  - mrfusion 6y ago
    I have a theory that half the population struggles with reading. They can read to get by but they find reading an article or blog post to be a struggle and certainly not entertaining.
    - ghaff 6y ago
      Even if that's an exaggeration, I think there are lots of people who would much rather watch a video than read more than a paragraph or so.
staycoolboy 6y ago
Have you SEEN ElectroBoom and his monobrow? :) I'm looking forward to the day when I can walk, unplucked, down the US streets and not get funny looks due to remnants of my middle-eastern heritage! LONG LIVE THE BROW!
- stallmanite 6y ago
  As a huge ElectroBoom fan I’ve got to say the monobrow is actually part of the charm.
dredmorbius 6y ago
CGP Grey.
smoe 6y ago
I think voice is more problematic. There are a bunch of channel that I would love content wise, but that I find straining to watch for more than a few minutes because of the audio/acoustic quality or their voices and dialects/accents. The latter, not to be mean and it is not the peoples fault, but not everyone has a voice that is pleasant to everyone else to listen to for extended periods of time.

It sucks for people aren’t videogenic though.

kiba 6y ago

There are tons of DIY video that didn't really feature the person's face, or isn't really necessary.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
Binging with Babish didn't even show his face until he was popular: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw He basically popularized a whole genre of "here are my rolled-up sleeved forearms doing things" video framing.
- ngngngng 6y ago
  He has some really nice looking forearms though.
29athrowaway 6y ago
Right. For example, the lockpicking lawyer has millions of views. I have not seen every video, but the ones I've seen do not feature any faces, just lockpicking.
njharman 6y ago
Voice quality, speaking mannerisms, etc. are extremely critical. Probably more so that visual. It's a major boon having a charismatic personality whether you look good or not. A video with just poor sound quality (bad mics, noise) but otherwise excellent is nearly unwatchable. Same with a nasally, monotone, dry and boring speaker.

dylan604 6y ago

or for people not wanting to watch videos. if a video is a supplemental part of a well written blog, then so be it. however, the video tends to be replacing the well written blog while leaving out the finer details the blog once provided.

ghaff 6y ago
I think it's a combination of a lot of people are more biased towards watching a video than reading compared to some of us AND the fact the a lot of people find it a lot easier to narrate a video than it is to write a decent blog post especially if they also have to add photos etc.
- mrfusion 6y ago
  I have a theory that half the population struggles with reading. They can read to get by but they find reading an article or blog post to be a struggle and certainly not entertaining.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Even if that's an exaggeration, I think there are lots of people who would much rather watch a video than read more than a paragraph or so.

staycoolboy 6y ago

Have you SEEN ElectroBoom and his monobrow? :) I'm looking forward to the day when I can walk, unplucked, down the US streets and not get funny looks due to remnants of my middle-eastern heritage! LONG LIVE THE BROW!

stallmanite 6y ago
As a huge ElectroBoom fan I’ve got to say the monobrow is actually part of the charm.

dredmorbius 6y ago

CGP Grey.

smoe 6y ago

I think voice is more problematic. There are a bunch of channel that I would love content wise, but that I find straining to watch for more than a few minutes because of the audio/acoustic quality or their voices and dialects/accents. The latter, not to be mean and it is not the peoples fault, but not everyone has a voice that is pleasant to everyone else to listen to for extended periods of time.