3 ms·

The people who used to make niche sites that helped people and linked to other sites moved to youtube. Plenty of excellent youtube channels that 10 years ago w

• pkoird 4y ago
  But then, you can't really search youtube as efficiently as you can texts. That's the only downside for me, sieving through tens of videos just to find something that might be in the middle that's releavant to what i'm searching.
  • gretch 4y ago
    That’s true but there’s also a steep positive benefit in information density and fidelity. Compare written instructions for e.g. fixing a car vs a video of a person showing you how to do it. Latter is much more helpful
    • int_19h 4y ago
      It really depends on the task, and the best approach is often to combine written instructions with a video.
    • nottorp 4y ago
      That's when the video solves your problem. But how do you find the video that solves your problem? You can't skim through it quickly like you can with text.