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I do wonder how much of video's proliferation is because we (in the US at least) fucked up teaching a generation of kids how to read. I'm told one of the dominant strategies for teaching reading was just bad. Well meaning people went all in on it, and then kids just didn't learn to read well.
You can read about it here, or listen to it as a podcast https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Yay, more forced myopic generational divide!
It's the 1% vs the working class, not generation vs generation.
If you see a millennial doing that then slap them and call them an embarrassment for me
Post a pithy hot-take in text? Nobody reads.
Post a screenshot of the same text from a social media site? That’s bussin!
I know plenty of people that "can read fast." Unfortunately, they don't comprehend anything they read until they slow the fuck down.
Hallefuckinglujah!
As a xennial with ADD, send me the short, I'll watch it, hunt down the article, read it, then spend 3h down a rabbit hole to understand the validity of the claims and the bias of the news outlet, then I'll get bored and stop typing in the mid
Well said
hv;dw (hate videos; didn't watch)
I am a Millenial and I prefer to read than to watch a video short from social media...
Also: Please just give us the f'ing text instead of a screenshot of text.
Also, I want to see the video. Not the video with someone next to it making faces as they watch the video.
The only reaction video worth watching is someone from that profession reacting and giving additional context as to why it works or doesn't
“[video] REACTION!” And it’s just someone’s head in the corner as they raise a finger to point at the original video
If my friend sends me a TikTok as a source of information, I'm gonna start questioning my choices in friends (/s but also sorta not)
Ehh some articles are full of useless fluff with like a single paragraph worth of info that I actually need, but I have to read from the start to figure it out, at least on the video I can jump at different points to quickly find where the useful info is
Who are you, that can skim a video faster than skimming text? That's, like, the complete opposite of my lived experience 😂. What a rich melange of folks make up this world, eh.
Step 1 start video
Step 2 skip all introductory bullshit, usually about 5 mins
Step 3 - if pointless stuff is still playing jump further 5 to 10 Mins until worthy stuff starts playing.
Step 4 - repeat step 3 as needed till end of video
P.S. - Install Sponsorblock extension for YouTube. Which auto skips useless Ads and pointless section of any video that was voted for by the community of users
I'm glad that you have a workflow that works for you! I like to open up articles, instantly hit the 'reader mode' button, cmd+f for keywords, and hit 'next' until I find the relevant section. This usually takes just a few seconds to get to get meat (if there's anything worth skipping). One advantage is my internet connection isn't always great, so I only have to wait for a few kb of text to download (even on a shit connection that's not generally a lag I'm capable of noticing), whereas with videos I often have some loading issues. Also I hate the style of most presenters and can scroll back to the right point more easily in text articles if I've gone 'too far', so that's an approach that works for me.
Thanks for sharing! I've never heard of sponsor block, I rely on ublock origin (for Firefox, not the handicapped chrome version) when watching videos, and usually only watch videos that I actually want to watch, but I appreciate having another tool in my box.
Nobody is saying or implying videos are a more efficient way to consume information than reading... it's not this or that it's two different forms of media. Absolutely dumb tweet.
There are people who absolutely prefer videos to text.
A few years ago at work one of my tasks was writing up technical documentation. I'd write it up, get feedback, make tweaks, report complex errors upstream to improve or eliminate error messages, basically make the text as simple and straightforward as possible.
But over the years we'd get feedback, "Can this be a video?" and I didn't get it. I figured I must not be writing it correctly. I'd chat with people, I'd gather more feedback. People still wanted video. I asked people for video how I could improve. They literally just wanted me to read the text I wrote. I didn't get it.
Other folks on my team decided to make a few videos. The videos were just pictures of the text, the same pictures already included, and people reading it verbatim, plus a little background music. People loved it. Many people ignored it, but those that watched it, loved it. I still don't get it.
It depends what it is for me but text can be frustrating for learning. I don't retain read information well, I read slowly, I get distracted and can't multitask to focus when my eyes are locked up with text, and it all kinda blurs together and feels samey. With audio I can set it to double speed and still process well making it way faster to process than my read speed, I can multitask to stay focused better, I'm less likely to get eye strain, retain the info better. With audio and video I can link changes in the screen and audio in a broad sense to what was being said. Like "oh this part where the music changed right before switching from the three paragraph page to the four paragraph page is extra important" which helps me retain the topic while also giving me clues as to where to find information without running into all the text being samey
I'm a slow reader and I still find articles faster and easier to parse than videos.
Millenials also grew up reading everything, it's just that the teen years had the text on a screen. It's Gen Z that really had online video content from the start.
So long as it's not behind a paywall, or the "article" is just a literal transcription of a video.
I don’t know a single millennial that uses TikTok. This is such a weird generalization.
The worst is instructional manuals being replaced with videos.
Going back 10 seconds, 20 times, so that you can visually see how two pieces fit together is way more annoying than just looking at a visual diagram on a printed page. Especially when you've got both hands full with stuff.
I put something together I got at Walmart like 10 years ago and it came with print instructions that had links to .gif files that were short and looping showing each step clearly
I though "oh wow if some random Chinese product does this surely it'll spread" and now feel so dumb for having thought that
I would agree except the instruction manuals and diagrams are often shit or unclear (even IKEA ones sometimes). To thread a sewing machine it didn't tell me how to get one of the hooks out, turns out it's coupled to the motor so I simply had to turn the wheel. The video made that clear. And yes I'm stupid and it was probably obvious but manuals that come with machines you can buy off the shelf should be for idiots.
I like a combination there. I want a diagram of the parts and how they fit, and a short video of installation or removal. Just like a picture describes a physical scene better than words, a video describes a changing physical scene better than a picture.
I still want text describing the steps of the process and a diagram showing what it should look like when I've done it right, I just also want someone to show me how to actually execute the tricky bit.
"Ummm" ... "yeah, ya know." "Ummm." "Jeeze, I hadn't thought." Scratch scratch scratch" ... supressed burp. "Sigh." "Hmmm....ummm." "Hahahahahaha."
Yeah, fuck all that. Give me the info: Issue. Rule. Analysis. Conclusion. The big video push is social media grooming for the algo.
