Not really on-topic, but I am the only one who find video a very bad support for rational thinking ? You can’t first give a quick glance to the content first, you can’t read it carefully at your own pace, or re-read certain parts when needed, or make a pause to ponder or check a fact or an argument, or make a criticism by quoting parts and writing your opinion on the part, …
All that in addition to technical issues : video require much more bandwidth, a working sound system (right now I’m during lunch break at work, I’ve no sound, but I can read text), is much harder to understand for non-native speakers, and is much less accessible to people with disabilities.
I don’t get this fashion of doing everything through videos… am I the only one to feel that way ?
I don’t get this fashion of doing everything through videos… am I the only one to feel that way ?
Definitely not; watching a video requires that I put my headphones off or be somewhere where I can blast sound without disturbing anybody nearby; also the user interface is awkward, I have to click to stop listening, etc. I probably skip 90% of links to videos, and am much more likely to follow links to written material or images.
I was just giving an extra data point for kilobug’s remark; going off the number of upvotes I think there’s a significant chunk of people who prefer video to text.
(and sheesh, if you want to talk about politically incorrect topics you’re going to be a bit more thick-skinned, here you’re snapping back at a preference of media as if it was a criticism)
I’ve been gang-banged on LW for being politically incorrect before (ironically on a thread about politically incorrect ideas...); I deserve your sheesh.
And now that I actually read through your comment… yeah, it did the same to me. ctrl+click new window, but I suppose that’s too late.
Is there an upvote for “written and video forms are different”?
I do both, you know; but with something as ballsy as admitting race realism, I wanted to do it face first and in speech. Technichally I broke the law in Canada by posting this video; I at least want my face showing while I do it.
Agreed. I didn’t even listen to the Judea Pearl interview that just got posted, and I know that one’s good. Video should be reserved for something you can’t do with text, or with text and pictures.
Sometimes the truth can only be spoken through ugliness and riddles. I am Tyrion Lannister. You’re breaking my heart, GLaDOS. At best, I hoped to find Bronn in this LW company of rascals—and then I saw Shae. Beautiful, woundrous, Shae; her mere being an argument to right myself, to be a better man… and now Shae speaks against me?
Should I apologize for the nature of my being? A man of pure fire, hate, truth, and humour? Should I wreck it all?
For you?
Would you still love me if I did all that? Would anyone love me?
Agreed. I enjoy videos, but sometimes I’d prefer to read an abstract or something first to decide whether it’s worth spending 20 minutes on. (Ideally, a transcript would be useful too, though I recognize it’s much more work for the author.)
To avoid repeating myself I will just say here that I’ve downvoted multiple replies of yours for hostility. Stating a preference for text isn’t an attack on you; misrepresenting people’s responses just comes off badly.
Consider how long it would take you to write a transcript. Then consider how long it would take people to watch the video, multiplied by the number of people on LW interested in the topic. Compare the results.
Ah, so that 200 word abstract wasn’t abstract enough for you?
I bust my ass to make videos that are both entertaining and informative, but—the one time I post a relevant video to LW, it’s not acceptable because I didn’t provie army1987 (who, btw, never served) a bloody transcript?
No. I loathe them and never even follow the links. ( And I greatly prefer face to face to telephone to e-mail ) Arguments made by video are forever lost to me.
Not really on-topic, but I am the only one who find video a very bad support for rational thinking ? You can’t first give a quick glance to the content first, you can’t read it carefully at your own pace, or re-read certain parts when needed, or make a pause to ponder or check a fact or an argument, or make a criticism by quoting parts and writing your opinion on the part, …
All that in addition to technical issues : video require much more bandwidth, a working sound system (right now I’m during lunch break at work, I’ve no sound, but I can read text), is much harder to understand for non-native speakers, and is much less accessible to people with disabilities.
I don’t get this fashion of doing everything through videos… am I the only one to feel that way ?
Definitely not; watching a video requires that I put my headphones off or be somewhere where I can blast sound without disturbing anybody nearby; also the user interface is awkward, I have to click to stop listening, etc. I probably skip 90% of links to videos, and am much more likely to follow links to written material or images.
I deeply apologize for tricking you into watching a video with my link to a youtube video.
I was just giving an extra data point for kilobug’s remark; going off the number of upvotes I think there’s a significant chunk of people who prefer video to text.
(and sheesh, if you want to talk about politically incorrect topics you’re going to be a bit more thick-skinned, here you’re snapping back at a preference of media as if it was a criticism)
I’ve been gang-banged on LW for being politically incorrect before (ironically on a thread about politically incorrect ideas...); I deserve your sheesh.
And now that I actually read through your comment… yeah, it did the same to me. ctrl+click new window, but I suppose that’s too late.
Sorry. :S I meant for the video to be embedded.
Again, chill out. Nobody here engages in nonconsensual gay sex with anyone. ;)
Straw poll, because the absolute number of upvotes and answers to kilobug doesn’t give us much info on who prefers text to video.
So, what do you prefer, text or video?
Upvote this comment if you prefer reading essays/blog posts/articles to watching a video of someone talking.
In almost all cases, text. The exceptions are rare—Feynman is just AMAZING on video, much better than the same material as text.
Is there an upvote for “written and video forms are different”?
I do both, you know; but with something as ballsy as admitting race realism, I wanted to do it face first and in speech. Technichally I broke the law in Canada by posting this video; I at least want my face showing while I do it.
It depends.
Upvote this comment if you prefer watching a video of someone talking to reading an essays/blog post/articles .
(karma balance)
Agreed. I didn’t even listen to the Judea Pearl interview that just got posted, and I know that one’s good. Video should be reserved for something you can’t do with text, or with text and pictures.
Or, alternatively—don’t watch the fucking thing if you don’t like videos.
The world is not built for you; some people like videos. That’s why I write, and videologue.
www.staresattheworld.com
Yup, I agree; somebody that put’s their face and voice onto their opinions is clearly a faggot.
Ok now I think you might be trolling or trying to be cool and ironic. I don’t like either.
But can’t one do all three?
Sometimes the truth can only be spoken through ugliness and riddles. I am Tyrion Lannister. You’re breaking my heart, GLaDOS. At best, I hoped to find Bronn in this LW company of rascals—and then I saw Shae. Beautiful, woundrous, Shae; her mere being an argument to right myself, to be a better man… and now Shae speaks against me?
Should I apologize for the nature of my being? A man of pure fire, hate, truth, and humour? Should I wreck it all?
For you?
Would you still love me if I did all that? Would anyone love me?
Better to remain a misfit...
Heh. That was actually amusing. I’m a sucker for A Song of Ice and Fire reference. (^_^)
Agreed. I enjoy videos, but sometimes I’d prefer to read an abstract or something first to decide whether it’s worth spending 20 minutes on. (Ideally, a transcript would be useful too, though I recognize it’s much more work for the author.)
I apologize profusely for not going through the effort of writing an entire transcript for you.
To avoid repeating myself I will just say here that I’ve downvoted multiple replies of yours for hostility. Stating a preference for text isn’t an attack on you; misrepresenting people’s responses just comes off badly.
Consider how long it would take you to write a transcript. Then consider how long it would take people to watch the video, multiplied by the number of people on LW interested in the topic. Compare the results.
(And let’s not forget the deaf or hard of hearing.)
I didn’t expect you to, so no apologies are needed. (That was the point of the word ideally and the part after the last comma in my post.)
Ah, so that 200 word abstract wasn’t abstract enough for you?
I bust my ass to make videos that are both entertaining and informative, but—the one time I post a relevant video to LW, it’s not acceptable because I didn’t provie army1987 (who, btw, never served) a bloody transcript?
You are more entitled than Paris Hilton.
What abstract? And when did I say it was not “acceptable” to not provide a transcript?
30 minutes after posting I rewrote it to provide an abstract; you may not have seen that.
No. I loathe them and never even follow the links. ( And I greatly prefer face to face to telephone to e-mail ) Arguments made by video are forever lost to me.
I agree. Video is annoying. In addition to what you said, it’s harder to grep through and to do programmatic analysis and manipulation.
Video and audio (AM radio) are a very difficult forms of rhetoric; done right, it’s information and entertainment. Done wrong...
Aren’t you glad that I started out with EY?