I said “technical information”, which does not include building cars or houses. In the context of this thread, we’re talking about computers.
Videos are not easily indexable or searchable, and cannot have information therein easily disseminated to others. Textual content can also have useful contextual links for additional resources, which is more awkward to do with video (generally it’s just a link dump for the whole video in the description). Also, humans can read much, much faster than we speak, so videos are a slow method of communicating information. You can mitigate it slightly by speeding up the video, but it’s not really enough.
That all being said, videos are useful for topics like you mentioned that greatly benefit from having someone show you how to do something, i.e, physical tasks. It’s much less useful for topics that are more abstract or conceptual, especially those that synthesize concepts from a variety of sources.
I usually don’t reply to shit like this but I have to put in my simple bullshit or I don’t think I’d feel like I was being genuine.
I’ve literally built cars/trucks and houses by watching YouTube videos. Tell me again how the fuck YouTube is the worst way to learn/communicate?
I’m so confused. Does anybody here actually watch YouTube?
You can learn anything on YouTube. Anything.
I said “technical information”, which does not include building cars or houses. In the context of this thread, we’re talking about computers.
Videos are not easily indexable or searchable, and cannot have information therein easily disseminated to others. Textual content can also have useful contextual links for additional resources, which is more awkward to do with video (generally it’s just a link dump for the whole video in the description). Also, humans can read much, much faster than we speak, so videos are a slow method of communicating information. You can mitigate it slightly by speeding up the video, but it’s not really enough.
That all being said, videos are useful for topics like you mentioned that greatly benefit from having someone show you how to do something, i.e, physical tasks. It’s much less useful for topics that are more abstract or conceptual, especially those that synthesize concepts from a variety of sources.
😂 I’m gonna disagree with you there also. I’ve learned plenty of “technical” things on YouTube also.