Pretty much me and it’s not just YouTube. Any link to a video instead of an article and I’m out. I think it’s because I can read an article at my speed and get the info quicker. With a video I’m at the mercy of the creator revealing the info to me at their speed, which is usually paced out to keep you watching so they can get their sponsors in and algo boosts. I don’t want to sit through a 15-20 minute video to get info that takes 30 seconds to explain once all that fluff is stripped away.
I think you perfectly nailed it. When I go to a text article, I’m in charge of how fast or slow I want to take it, I can skip text, and a feature I really don’t use much is if the browser has a reading mode, which would remove all the stupid shit crammed into the site like the cookie bar or other things uBlock Origin doesn’t get.
It’s also that I only need to read. Videos might work with just listening but especially often they need me to also watch the feed. Way more effort so a guy can say things that I’ve already lost track of midway.
there’s been a good number of times where I open a link to a news site with a headline that drew me in, and I’m just scrolling around on my phone looking for the article, only to realize after an embarrassingly long time that the video at the top that looks like an ad is the actual content.
ofc it’s not entirely my fault, considering how shitty websites have gotten and how poorly structured they are. it’s just very difficult to identify the actual content sometimes
Websites nowadays have conditioned us to start looking at random videos as ads because they keep cramming them into the body of the text. It’s like the download button minefield you see on torrent websites sometimes.
You can read anywhere from 4x-10x faster than someone can present.
It’s that simple.
And in a well-written, well-organized article, you can very quickly and easily skip paragraphs or entire sections that aren’t relevant to what you’re trying to get out of it.
Pretty much me and it’s not just YouTube. Any link to a video instead of an article and I’m out. I think it’s because I can read an article at my speed and get the info quicker. With a video I’m at the mercy of the creator revealing the info to me at their speed, which is usually paced out to keep you watching so they can get their sponsors in and algo boosts. I don’t want to sit through a 15-20 minute video to get info that takes 30 seconds to explain once all that fluff is stripped away.
I think you perfectly nailed it. When I go to a text article, I’m in charge of how fast or slow I want to take it, I can skip text, and a feature I really don’t use much is if the browser has a reading mode, which would remove all the stupid shit crammed into the site like the cookie bar or other things uBlock Origin doesn’t get.
It’s also that I only need to read. Videos might work with just listening but especially often they need me to also watch the feed. Way more effort so a guy can say things that I’ve already lost track of midway.
there’s been a good number of times where I open a link to a news site with a headline that drew me in, and I’m just scrolling around on my phone looking for the article, only to realize after an embarrassingly long time that the video at the top that looks like an ad is the actual content.
ofc it’s not entirely my fault, considering how shitty websites have gotten and how poorly structured they are. it’s just very difficult to identify the actual content sometimes
Websites nowadays have conditioned us to start looking at random videos as ads because they keep cramming them into the body of the text. It’s like the download button minefield you see on torrent websites sometimes.
All of the above is precisely why I write long winded articles chock-a-block full of pictures and I don’t produce video essays.
Well, that and having a face made for radio but a voice made for print may also have something to do with it.
Reading an article about a cat playing a keyboard just isn’t the same.
You can read anywhere from 4x-10x faster than someone can present.
It’s that simple.
Add to it, 99% of people completely suck at presenting.
I have siblings who are teachers, and I’m a technical instructor. We work hard to not waste your time.
And in a well-written, well-organized article, you can very quickly and easily skip paragraphs or entire sections that aren’t relevant to what you’re trying to get out of it.