If the quality of the video is good, I like to see it here.
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.
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.
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.
solrize@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
At minimum there should be a good description of what the video is about, with no clickbait.