No Thanks—Why I'm Avoiding Instagram Threads. - eviltoast
  • Raildrake@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    I really don’t get this trend of turning everything into a video. Is it supposed to be easier to consume?

    I would much rather read an article and get the information I want at the pace I want.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My workplace has taught me that the majority of adults cannot read above a fifth grade level.

    • whenever8186@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Yep. If it’s a video it gets a hard pass from me. They can get their ‘views’ from someone else.

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      1 year ago

      videos are easier to consume while doing something else. reading may be faster, but you can’t drive to work, do the dishes, workout, etc. while reading. if you’re not into multitasking then reading is the clearly better option, but I think most young people have grown up so surrounded by barrages of inormation from different sources all at once that multitasking comes extremely naturally to them

      • Raildrake@vlemmy.net
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        1 year ago

        I have to say I also watch videos in background while doing other stuff, but that doesn’t make it a better medium to convey information, just more practical when the information is not important enough to be the main focus of someone’s attention, and that’s pretty subjective.

        But I do get the point, I just wish it was different.

    • mystic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      glad to know that I’m not alone who prefers to read articles over watching videos