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I'll certainly check out some of the channels here but my experience with Indian-originating tutorials on YouTube is that they are almost uniformly terrible. Th
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
I'll certainly check out some of the channels here but my experience with Indian-originating tutorials on YouTube is that they are almost uniformly terrible. There are a few good ones but so rare that if I see an Indian name I'll tend to skip over it.
My interests when I look tend to be about computing and mathematics. They may be of higher quality on other subjects.
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- TheFreim 3y agoNames are often associated with various groups, trying to imply that this doesn't matter is disingenuous. I will continue to avoid low-quality tech content through various heuristics.
- yawpitch 3y agoThis particular heuristic will — self evidently, based on the article — result in you both missing a lot of very high-quality tech content while also revealing yourself as more than a bit bigoted… but hey, more power to you.
- TheFreim 3y agoIt will result in me missing mostly garbage content, occasionally quality content, in exchange for other content which is quality that isn't missed. It's not like I just decided one day to avoid content in this fashion, you waste enough time and energy on low quality content and you eventually learn ways to notice and avoid it. > revealing yourself as more than a bit bigoted A man was once asked by a journalist whether or not he was a "racist". His response was as follows, "I've thought about that a lot, and I've concluded that it doesn't matter."
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- TheFreim 3y agoI think it's time to start ignoring the accusation of "bigotry" and other similar freely-used now-meaningless terms. If recognizing a trend and acting on it in a way that improves my life makes me a "bigot" then the definition of "bigot" is to be reasonable.
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- _a_a_a_ 3y agoPerhaps it is. But if Indian YouTubers instead produced exceptional quality videos, I'd be as attracted to an Indian name popping up as I am discouraged by one now. I don't believe my discrimination is based on race, therefore isn't racism.
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- dmarchand90 3y agoFor me it's been the opposite. Though in my case it's been more Indian professors who often give extremely good (though sometimes perhaps a bit dry) lectures.
- screye 3y ago> Indian-originating tutorials on YouTube The article discusses NPTEL. For most of its duration, NPTEL videos were straight recordings of classroom videos at India's top IITs. I have found their rigor & instruction to be at part with MIT OCW (which was and still is the gold standard). The instruction style is more mono tone and less interactive. But, neither are negatives when watching a youtube video.
- javchz 3y agoDepends on what you call quality. Production value or content. In my experience it's true a lot of Indian content can improve their video / audio or script proofreading... But they compensate being the only ones sharing their knowledge in niche areas for free. And when you're lost, I take whatever I have at hand even if it's on 240p with a potato mic, I'm grateful it exists.
- _a_a_a_ 3y agoStrictly content. I'm looking to learn not be entertained so good explanations is all I'm after.
- recursive 3y agoSometimes the audio recording is so bad it hinders comprehension. Generally, this is the case where the camera mic is used, and it's set up on the other side of the room. I've encountered a number of tutorial-style videos where there's so much room noise, it's an effort to distinguish the syllables being spoken.