I prefer text too but I feel like that's mostly because the videos are not information dense on purpose. They expand to whatever the youtube algorithm prefers at the time, which is about 10 minutes now. Ironically, tiktoks are more information dense but the search is completely useless.
I'm amused seeing these binary words-are-better/video-is-better anecdotes.
It depends on the context, the people creating the content and the people consuming the content. Sometimes video is better, sometimes text is better. It just depends.
You're assuming that speed of consuming information is the goal. Plenty of people prefer videos over text because it communicates emotions and feelings better. Others remember more from people talking to them versus reading text on a page.
Agreed, I hate this trend. So many websites are now opting for video over written content. I can skim an article / blog post and glean most of the salient points. Video makes that impossible.
1. If video is superior to text to convey information, why isn't this article a video?
2. They mention that text is declining year over year... I don't think they can expect this trend to entirely phase out text... seems like more users are gaining the ability to post videos and images (increasing smartphone ownership and better access to mobile data) and utilising it in addition to text.
3. Facebook is pushing towards video because prefacing videos with an ad is acceptable whereas the same cannot be done with text or images.
.. but I see this trend toward video when text would suffice as evidence of a societal lack of good (writing) education
Think it's because there's so much written information now, I can't even read 1% of the stuff I want to. After reading "all day", good videos, e.g. talks, are refreshing.
> Twitter began investing heavily in video, aiming to draw a more mainstream set of users and premium advertising deals
What's with this whole "pivot to video" trend among websites?
Why is it preferred to text which is probably easier to write, needs less network and is more accessible than a large number of videos (which don't have captions)?
Agreed wholeheartedly. It’s something that has been bugging me for a while. I can consume information maybe 3-5x faster (or more?) via text vs video but every trend I can see points to video being the preferred medium for Gen Z.
Is it because they’re “video native” and know how to navigate it better? Surely they’re not sitting through 2 minutes introductions. Do they inherently understand how to return to the important parts of a video for future reference? My brain just does not operate like theirs, it seems.
If anything, social media is moving the opposite way, where people are requiring more stimulation and information.
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