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| exe:
--- Quote from: eti on March 27, 2020, 01:02:05 am ---When referring to device battery capacity, I defy you to find more than TWO of these countless thousands of copycat "reviewers" who refer to battery capacity using the correct terminology - "milliamp HOURS", and not the mass-adopted "milliamps". Go on, go and watch 30 smartphone review videos, and 29 of these will incorrectly say "It's got a 3,000 milliamp battery" --- End quote --- I'd argue that the only sensible metrics for capacity is watt-hours. Esp. when it come to laptops where batteries can have different voltages (7.xV vs 11.xx vs 14.4V, depends on number of individual elements in series). Also, there used to be batteries with different chemistry (li-ion vs lipo, etc) and different voltages, not sure if it's still the case. |
| engrguy42:
I tend to agree with Dave. Youtube is not about facts and learning, it's about entertainment. That's what people want. Period. They don't care about data and facts and details (for the vast majority of viewers around the world), they care about feeling good and being entertained. And what people seem to not realize is that youtube content creators don't owe you ANYTHING. What they produce is FREE. You pay nothing. And just like you have absolutely no reason whatsoever to show up at your job if they never pay you, youtube creators have no reason to create anything unless they get money in return. And since viewers only care about entertainment, they have to be able to entertain and get views and all that crap. Just think of how many successful and REALLY knowledgeable engineer-type tech folks are on youtube. The ones who can entertain AND provide real info. Well, aside from Dave there's....umm....well, I'll get back to you on that. So be thankful that you get free stuff (and keep in mind it's the only part of the universe, along with software, where you actually get "free" stuff), and don't feel entitled to get what you want and demand perfection and criticize everything. ESPECIALLY if you don't do all the "click on the Like button" and "subscribe" stuff that MIGHT help the creator get an additional 0.00001 cents for his effort. And BTW, also keep in mind it takes something around 1,000 likes for a video to get only ONE $1.00 US. So if you want tech stuff to continue on youtube, even if it's not perfect and might not be entertaining enough or you might disagree with the content, support the channel. Personally, I don't think this youtube business model for real tech stuff is going to last much longer. Tech plus entertainment don't mix. Unless someone figures out how to show how to bias a MOSFET and show a cat playing piano at the same time, or do it while dancing to the latest Beyonce song. Oh wait, is she still a thing?? Anyway, we'll see. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on March 27, 2020, 09:56:43 am ---I tend to agree with Dave. Youtube is not about facts and learning, it's about entertainment. That's what people want. Period. They don't care about data and facts and details (for the vast majority of viewers around the world), they care about feeling good and being entertained. --- End quote --- Although I do understand your point, I can't say I agree with you there - at least not in regards to videos that are presented as reviews. People ARE after information. The entertainment value assists in engagement. However, the real elements that are of value do not rely on pedantry. As long as the information conveyed is understood, then the difference between "milliamps" and "milliamp hours", for example, is essentially irrelevant. Same for "brushed aluminium" and "bead blasted aluminium" ... it's aluminium, with a textured finish. As for getting things "wrong", yes, I've noticed Dave do that several times - but the information conveyed is still good since (for me at least) the mental 'auto correct' process handles it - and he is forgiven (sometimes earning a wry smile). You can spend an inordinate amount of time chasing down pedantic points - or just roll with them and take away the information that is contained within them. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Brumby on March 28, 2020, 01:17:12 am --- --- Quote from: engrguy42 on March 27, 2020, 09:56:43 am ---I tend to agree with Dave. Youtube is not about facts and learning, it's about entertainment. That's what people want. Period. They don't care about data and facts and details (for the vast majority of viewers around the world), they care about feeling good and being entertained. --- End quote --- Although I do understand your point, I can't say I agree with you there - at least not in regards to videos that are presented as reviews. People ARE after information. The entertainment value assists in engagement. --- End quote --- Youtuber creators have two types of audience, regular subscribers and random one-off viewers based on searches. For sure the one-off viewer is just searching for a review of a phone, or a tutorial on how to do something, were even crap content or annoying hosts don't matter provided the viewer gets the info they are after, then they never watch again or subscribe. But to actually build and maintain a large audience is largely (if not almost wholly) based on the entertainment and engagement part. |
| bitseeker:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 27, 2020, 08:39:48 am --- --- Quote from: bitseeker on March 27, 2020, 04:26:13 am ---A lot of this boils down to economics. Engineers and other specialists are expensive. In-depth research is expensive. Getting everything 100% correct is expensive (more takes, editing, curating, etc.). Taking too long to produce a video is expensive (lost views, algorithmic penalties, etc.). And so on. Producing good-enough content, quickly enough, so that most people (i.e., not specifically people like us who notice all the details) will watch and return for more, yields better ROI. --- End quote --- This is how I've managed to make 1500+ videos in the last 11 years. That's more than one video every 2.6 days for 11 years straight, not counting my other channels. --- End quote --- Yeah, it's quite a pace to maintain. :phew: |
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