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But how can you disrupt without parallax? ... And thanks. I thought I was the only one who thought the video fad was dumb. Now it's just a toll booth for getti
by api 12y ago
But how can you disrupt without parallax?
... And thanks. I thought I was the only one who thought the video fad was dumb. Now it's just a toll booth for getting a product presented, and I never watch them. How about others? Do you find videos actually useful or are they just glitz?
- click170 12y agoGlitz IMO. Annoying glitz too if they include information in the videos that isn't in text form on their website. Videos play at one speed, I can't fast forward the video if I'm a faster "video-watcher" like I can with reading. And if I'm on a VPN I'd rather avoid loading the video altogether if I can avoid it, which is what my browser plugins are for. Well, perhaps I could just watch the videos faster, interesting thought experiment.
- xccx 12y agoif youtube in focus on chrome, then shift+> for faster playback
- ipavl 12y ago> Do you find videos actually useful or are they just glitz? If I'm legitimately interested in a service and want to know how it works, sure, but if I just want a quick overview to decide if I'm interested I'd rather have something simple like some text and images.
- Procrastes 12y agoI hardly ever watch product videos. I'm usually in locations where It would be rude and I don't want to put in earphones just to find out what's going on. But I'm a curmudgeon, and may be an outlier.
- libraryatnight 12y agoI groan when my questions aren't answered in print on the page, I don't want to watch a video either.
- king_magic 12y agoI will happily join you in outlier-land. I want to be able to read - and quickly grok - what a product is about. Needing to watch a video to understand a product is a marketing fail, IMO.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoWe should form a club! We can have meeting where we show videos that we all ignore, while we chat over drinks.
- api 12y agoI thought that was this site. :)
- ufmace 12y agoI'd join that too. I never liked videos that are just some person reading from a script. Just give me the script, I'd rather read it at my own pace and time, and I don't care if you really want to be youtube-famous.
- dirtyaura 12y agothinking that everybody prefers reading is a typical programmer bias. A good number of people will prefer watching a video. Same with voice, most programmers prefer email or chat for work related discussion. Almost all the sales people I know would rather pick up the phone and sort the issue by talking.
- huuu 12y agoIt's not about what people like but about what works. I don't mind videos but I hate those non informative mood videos. This site doesnt need video because the information is already there.
- prawn 12y agoDo both and you can cover both camps. Doesn't have to be as boring as a plain transcript, obviously. (I very rarely watch videos and much prefer screenshots or descriptions.)
- amirmc 12y agoWhen I want to know what a product does or how I might find it useful, I prefer text. I don't have to wait for a video to get to the point. However, when I've decided to actually try it out, I find the video extremely useful as I expect it to demonstrate the onboarding process for me (ie how do I get started quickly).
- psp 12y agoMy vote goes for the short 1-minute video with understandable presentation of how the product works and solves my problem rather than reading paragraphs of text.
- __d 12y agoI don't have time to watch a video for every thing I look at. Give me text that can processed in seconds, not video that takes minutes. It's extremely rare for me to indulge a linear narrative when I'm looking for information.
- mdnormy 12y agoMost people can't watch video during work hour. We should always treat video as 'optional extra'. Case in point, technical support/call center and room where you're constantly 'monitored'(NASA control room/datacenter NOC etc).