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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it?
I miss written tutorials. I hate how every tutorial is a YouTube now. I don’t want to watch 15 minutes and forget to pay attention for the second that has the detail that I am missing or it just doesn’t show. Even short tutorials are 3 minutes when it could have been a ten second read. I want to skim a page and go directly to the point. Has writing really become that hard to do?
@WhatTheChel @bstix It’s not about whether people want to read or write, it’s what can be monetized by providing enough #video runtime to allow the platform to insert more #advertising
@mjgardner @bstix Oh, there's definitely that! And I rarely watch videos (even when downloaded and sent to me), because I just don't have the patience to sit through what I could read in mere seconds...
@WhatTheChel @mjgardner @bstix I had to watch some video tutorials at work, because it was training I was required to do. And the training material was not on YT but on the company's own website. Could not get away from it. Hate them because my mind starts wondering after 15 seconds, and I get bored with the slow speed. Reading works better for me.
@BioHumanisti @mjgardner @bstix Yes, this! My mind will go off on a tangent so easily if I'm not actually reading. It's so slow that I will start skipping ahead and trying to figure out whether I missed anything. Pure torture! 
@WhatTheChel @BioHumanisti @mjgardner @bstix it might be worth trying to play the video into voice recognition software and see if it will produce you a printed transcript.
@WhatTheChel @BioHumanisti I know this is not a timely reply, but if it happens again: I found a browser extension - I think it's called Video Speed Controller - that works on all sorts of videos. It worked for my work training! I just can't focus when the pace is too slow.
@earthtoneone @BioHumanisti Oh, wow! I'll have to check this out. Thanks!
@mjgardner @WhatTheChel @bstix which tells us there's something very wrong with the internet.
@mjgardner @bstix
It's exactly this. Just look at recipes. They have to be 5+ paragraph essays about the author's family history, or else they won't get picked up by search engines (read: Google). And if you don't get on the top 5 results, you may as well not exist. Even if written tutorials were more common, they'd also be pressured to be word salads that make it tedious to get the info you actually want.
Advertising companies and people who make money from streaming
@WhatTheChel @bstix @Provider Videos get better monetizing.
This is 100% the driver.
@WhatTheChel @bstix @Provider No, its because google prioritises search results that point at Youtube so they can push ads at you..
The stuff is often out there, but hidden below the Youtube links.
@wyliecoyoteuk @bstix @Provider I'm sure that's true, and I skim right past those. But I'm not even talking just about things I've googled. A lot of people I've followed for information on different topics have started pivoting to video because they say they get more traction, presumably because more people would rather watch than read. I don't know whether that's the right analysis (maybe also just easier for the creator to talk than write?), but something is definitely shifting that direction.