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Ugh. I watch A LOT of YouTube. When it's just a video of someone talking and waving their hands, I move on. (As opposed to diagrams, different shots, close up

Ugh. I watch A LOT of YouTube. When it's just a video of someone talking and waving their hands, I move on. (As opposed to diagrams, different shots, close ups, ect.) Why? If it's just someone talking, that's better presented as a written blog entry. Written blog entries can be skimmed instead of focused on. A video like this needs close ups of the matter at hand, at a minimum. (IE, a close up of how the shock happened.) Diagrams, which could either be hand-drawn or "professional," are also nice too. I know that everyone has different production values on Youtube; but merely sitting on a stool for 13 minutes without any kind of demonstration is a poor use of the medium. Switch to a written blog in this case.

genter 3y ago
This is an unusual video of him. Most of them are closeups of him working on old radios, or at least some electrical device. The only thing you see are his hands, soldering iron, and oscilloscope. Also his tone in this video is very different from his normal professional self. It's very much laid back, "holy fuck this is how I almost died." I suppose you need to be a regular of his channel to appreciate this video. It's always neat to see people that have a professional persona are really just normal people.
alliao 3y ago
youtube have such a great pull for people like me where I somehow pick up a lot more from people talking than just reading. I find even how they deliver quite engaging
masto 3y ago
You’re allowed to move on quietly. A comment complaining about it is such a poor use of the medium. This needs to be a reaction video.
kens 3y ago
You can click on the three dots (at least in desktop YouTube) and then "Show Transcript", and then you have a transcript that you can skim.
c7DJTLrn 3y ago
I suspect overconsumption of media has fried your attention span to the point where you simply can't concentrate on somebody talking. Do you need Marvel scenes playing in the background to read a Wikipedia article as well?

genter 3y ago

This is an unusual video of him. Most of them are closeups of him working on old radios, or at least some electrical device. The only thing you see are his hands, soldering iron, and oscilloscope. Also his tone in this video is very different from his normal professional self. It's very much laid back, "holy fuck this is how I almost died." I suppose you need to be a regular of his channel to appreciate this video. It's always neat to see people that have a professional persona are really just normal people.

alliao 3y ago

youtube have such a great pull for people like me where I somehow pick up a lot more from people talking than just reading. I find even how they deliver quite engaging

masto 3y ago

You’re allowed to move on quietly. A comment complaining about it is such a poor use of the medium. This needs to be a reaction video.

kens 3y ago

You can click on the three dots (at least in desktop YouTube) and then "Show Transcript", and then you have a transcript that you can skim.

c7DJTLrn 3y ago

I suspect overconsumption of media has fried your attention span to the point where you simply can't concentrate on somebody talking. Do you need Marvel scenes playing in the background to read a Wikipedia article as well?