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Are we becoming old, cranky scrooges in these forums.
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It's funny how the thread that supposed to be a rare example of group consciousness is slowly derailing :popcorn:
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Actually, thank everyone who contibutes to this vast digital universe of ours for free. The wiki editors, the open source coders, the web site builders and graphic designers, content providers, bloggers, vloggers and I guess, even the moderators.

Where were we 25 years ago? Not here.

Thanks Dave.
Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on May 26, 2020, 04:40:00 pm ---And if you really think their stuff sucks and you can do it better, then do it. Show the world how freakin' brilliant you are and how much better you are. Start your own channel, and learn what it's really like.
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Hey, if that was intended for me, my point was that in my experience (learning, teaching, and tutoring), written text works much better as an information source (especially if interspersed with demo/example/experiment/worklog videos) than any tutorial videos I've ever seen. I am NOT saying that the videos suck; I'm only saying it is a poor medium for tutorials: like boiling water in a plastic bag.  I am also saying that that there already are cranky scrooges doing good demo/example/experiment/worklog videos on Youtube, with AvE and KeithAppleton as examples.  I'd include BigClive and Dave too, but I haven't seen either of them cranky.
KL27x:

--- Quote ---Instead, you should be thanking every single freakin' one of them for what they do, and hitting the like button so often it breaks your freakin' mouse. And subscribe to EVERYONE. Because that's the only way they get a few measly pennies in return for their many hours of work.
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I have a fairly long list of subscriptions. I hit like everytime I most of the videos I watch defacto. But... in some cases you will likely never even find the video that contains the information you want to see. Because you only have a few search terms and the few words in a title and w/e other info algorithm YT uses... besides view count/likes. YouTube is not as searchable the way text is. When you search and find text, you can scan it to see if it's what you want. You can quickly compare one text source with another to determine where they agree, where there are differences of opinion or differences in the stated facts. When you search YT you get a list of titles, viewcount, like/dislike. The only way to see what's in it is to stick the fork in it and start eating w/e is at the top. What good is that? Furthermore, if you have your tinfoil hat on, tight, you might start wondering what other criteria YT is using to feed you your results... e.g., politics?


--- Quote ---And if you really think their stuff sucks and you can do it better, then do it. Show the world how freakin' brilliant you are and how much better you are. Start your own channel, and learn what it's really like.
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I think you're mistaking what anyone said, here. There are great entertainers. There is great information. The two don't often mix. For some subjects/topics, it really doesn't even make sense. YT is free, but the effect is beyond YT. Since YT, large percentages of text websites and text blogs have gone extinct. You could say it's indirectly because of YT, and I don't think that would be a stretch.
SiliconWizard:
Yes, video blogs have largely "killed" text blogs. I find that annoying.
Sometimes, the entertainment value of videos makes them fun and easy to follow (and they give you an opportunity to see things working "live"), but when I'm looking for some info, I often wish it were available as pure text instead of a lengthy video (which may not even contain the info I need.)

So yeah, complaining to the authors of these videos is pointless, but complaining about the fact video content has sort of overtaken the web is something else.
Videos are more made for "immediate consumption", and tend to make you waste a lot of time if you're actually looking for more than entertainment.

Some people manage to make "good" videos, but there are few out there IMO.
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