Seems there are 2 kinds - video links with almost no text, just farming visits, and video links with a wall of text.
Both suck. Videos, in general, suck.
comrade_twisty@feddit.org 1 day ago
Does this include Youtube videos? Or at least Youtube videos without a clear description and summary?
Those constant ad money farming posts really lower the quality of this sub.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
If the quality of the video is good, I like to see it here.
solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
At minimum there should be a good description of what the video is about, with no clickbait.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 day ago
The problem is they are almost never good, as everyone can read the same info 4x faster than someone can present it (best case), and 10x faster isn’t unusual.
Source: Former technical trainer - I’ve read a lot about instructional methodologies. Video is the lowest common denominator that’s all. It can be useful for things that have a visual component, and self hosting has very little of that.
ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
But how would you know before watching?
“Based on the upvotes and comments” Oh then others doing the work to watch it and rate it on lemmy for you.
Imo, when a link to a video or forum or whatever is posted, then at least a summery or a discussion should be included.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 56 minutes ago
That is what Lemmy is for. Sometimes you will take the risk and watch the video and comment, if it interests you more.
Other times you’ll let others do it for you, or skim over it if it interests you less.
That’s how I use Lemmy anyway.
quick_snail@feddit.nl 10 hours ago
Yes. Posting a fucking link to a yt video is low effort