I’m pretty active in some gaming communities and my clans regularly share 10 minute videos. I get so frustrated. Half the time I can say, “does this video just say x, y, and z?” Most of them can be summarized in 1 or 2 sentences
I can acknowledge that some videos have value. A game review showing gameplay? A football film breakdown? Showing me tips and tricks to throwing the perfect vase on a pottery wheel? Please, feel free to use video.
Someone rambling to a camera? No.
But so many people will happily watch the 15 minute video and will somehow not have the attention span to read three paragraphs that say the same thing. (And they’ll watch 8 hours of YouTube videos babbling incoherently, but an 8 hour audiobook that actually makes sense? “Too hard.”)
I’m pretty active in some gaming communities and my clans regularly share 10 minute videos. I get so frustrated. Half the time I can say, “does this video just say x, y, and z?” Most of them can be summarized in 1 or 2 sentences
I can acknowledge that some videos have value. A game review showing gameplay? A football film breakdown? Showing me tips and tricks to throwing the perfect vase on a pottery wheel? Please, feel free to use video.
Someone rambling to a camera? No.
But so many people will happily watch the 15 minute video and will somehow not have the attention span to read three paragraphs that say the same thing. (And they’ll watch 8 hours of YouTube videos babbling incoherently, but an 8 hour audiobook that actually makes sense? “Too hard.”)
Half of US adults can’t read at a 6th grade level. So.