I was just realizing that I pretty much never click a link to a video post on Lemmy. I think my reasoning is that it's too hard to skim a video to see if it's worth my time, whereas an article can be evaluated initially in a few seconds.

Which kind of links do you engage with more often?

Edit: If you are a small YouTube content creator and it looks like nobody wants to click on videos, consider creating a text version of your video which, granted, is a separate skill, but if you have a message to get out and want to reach people....

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[–] 49 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Text 100%. I'm a pretty quick reader. I have no desire to sit and watch (listen to) a 10 minute video of material that could have been an article I could read in under a minute.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Alas, publishing a web page with easy-to-read, quickly-accessible information will:

    a) make your page rated lower in search because people are not spending enough time on your page (that's why all those pages have long pre-ambles even though EVERYONE is there for an answer that is no longer than a few sentences) and

    b) get scraped by AI (thousands of times--which you pay for) which will provide your answer to the world without attribution.

    Whereas on YouTube, you even get advertising revenue.

    I know, I'm like you, preferring text, but even I've started going to those 5 minute YouTube videos and checked the traffic graph to see where the actual fucking answer is.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Content creators don't have to create...they are not owed a living in this way. Secondly if so many hadn't bastardized every ounce of media or topic it may still a enjoyable format.

    You mentioned 'easy-to-read, quickly-accessible information' key thing, quick information. YT has become the opposite.

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