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Video is the worst media possible. If something is not clear from a plain text, it's quite likely something worthless. It is really annoying that so many peopl

by sklogic 12y ago

Video is the worst media possible. If something is not clear from a plain text, it's quite likely something worthless. It is really annoying that so many people are producing useless video content now instead of writing nice, clean text.

kyberias 12y ago
I agree 100%. All kinds of "tutorials" in video format are almost the worst. It's not searchable etc. I'm expected to grab headphones and watch the whole thing in order to learn that one thing.
- jnbiche 12y ago
  I couldn't agree more, but we're in the minority. But if I see a project/company has limited its marketing/explanation to video only, I just close the browser tab. I can't stand watching a 10-minute video for an explanation, when reading a brief, well-written paragraph could give me all the info I need.
JasonFruit 12y ago
I have literally never watched a video to learn something without being forced — post-literacy be dashed. The idea-per-minute ratio is not even close to that of the written word.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> It is really annoying that so many people are producing useless video content now instead of writing nice, clean text. To be fair, many of the people creating useless video context would probably have been writing useless text if video wasn't the hip thing to do.
notduncansmith 12y ago
Agreed. I would pay serious dollars for "Paragraph-Summaries-Of-Videos As A Service".
jrapdx3 12y ago
It reminds of years ago when invited to watch a slide show of someone's vacation pictures. It could go on for hours and there was never a graceful way to escape the ordeal. OTOH being offered a pile of 3x5" prints to view was much less a problem, since easy enough to peruse quickly, maybe stopping here or there to admire a few worthy shots. In today's world, video is just like the interminable slide show, and information reduced to text equivalent to the stack of prints. I definitely know which I prefer to deal with.

by sklogic 12y ago

kyberias 12y ago

I agree 100%. All kinds of "tutorials" in video format are almost the worst. It's not searchable etc. I'm expected to grab headphones and watch the whole thing in order to learn that one thing.

jnbiche 12y ago
I couldn't agree more, but we're in the minority. But if I see a project/company has limited its marketing/explanation to video only, I just close the browser tab. I can't stand watching a 10-minute video for an explanation, when reading a brief, well-written paragraph could give me all the info I need.

JasonFruit 12y ago

I have literally never watched a video to learn something without being forced — post-literacy be dashed. The idea-per-minute ratio is not even close to that of the written word.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> It is really annoying that so many people are producing useless video content now instead of writing nice, clean text. To be fair, many of the people creating useless video context would probably have been writing useless text if video wasn't the hip thing to do.

notduncansmith 12y ago

Agreed. I would pay serious dollars for "Paragraph-Summaries-Of-Videos As A Service".

jrapdx3 12y ago

It reminds of years ago when invited to watch a slide show of someone's vacation pictures. It could go on for hours and there was never a graceful way to escape the ordeal. OTOH being offered a pile of 3x5" prints to view was much less a problem, since easy enough to peruse quickly, maybe stopping here or there to admire a few worthy shots. In today's world, video is just like the interminable slide show, and information reduced to text equivalent to the stack of prints. I definitely know which I prefer to deal with.