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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: Bryan on December 18, 2016, 11:05:55 am
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All:
Not sure what others thoughts are, but I always give a thumbs up to the tube contributors for the content they provide. Especially the ones geared for the electronic nuts like ourselves. I can't imagine the time and work it takes to put together these videos. Kind of ticks me off when someone gives a thumb down. Only time I ever give a thumb downs is for contributors video that are just plain stupid and are just "look at what I did today" or social media type videos.
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It gets a thumbs up from me only when I can tell it is not done to line the pockets of the producer. If its so totally inept I just move on. Thumbs down when the person making the video is the son or daugher of a company executive trying to help dad climb the corporate latter.
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Star rating is another misused system in my opinion. An ordinary average product or service should get a middle 3 stars on a 5 star scale. Only an exceptionally good example should get 5 stars. Only going above and beyond the call. And hence 5 stars should be uncommon. Doesn't seem to happen much in practice.
I agree. Here's a relevant /r/changemyview thread (not mine). (https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/2ba26t/cmv_fivestarism_is_converting_all_ratings_to/)
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To get a thumbs up requires all of:
- a written synopsis of what is and is not included - so that I'll think it is worth spending my time watching
- material that requires the moving pictures; anything that is adequately conveyed by words and pictures, should be
- succinct, information dense, and comprehensive; I'm unlikely to spend an hour of my remaining life watching somebody go "um" and fiddle with something before getting to something worth watching
- some means of skipping over the boring bits to reach the useful bits; a written ToC plus times is sufficient
Very few youtube vids meet those criteria. Mostly they are "look-at-me" ego boosts by people that consider what's easy for them without considering what's good for the audience. Self-centred and wrong attitude!
When videos were expensive and difficult to make, people planned what their audiences needed to know, and disciplined themselves to getting that information over ASAP.
A good example of all the above is the set of soldering videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL926EC0F1F93C1837 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL926EC0F1F93C1837)
Compare those to most new stuff found on youtube. (But try not to snigger at the pronounciation of "soldering"!)
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I don't give either thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Probably because I might have to register or something...
Mostly, my opinion really doesn't matter, the video is what it is and there are viewers at all levels.
If I gave thumbs-down, I would do it for every video made with a cellphone camera and I would double down if it was handheld. The nice thing about EEVblog videos is the quality of the video (and the content, of course!). These videos are made with a decent camera, mounted solid with very good post production editing.
About the only videos I watch regularly are EEVblog and Khan Academy (grandson's math courses).
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Not sure what others thoughts are
Guaranteed to be different to yours and everyone else's viewpoint.
Everyone subscribes, watches, thumbs, and comments for very different reasons.