How do yall feel about Youtube videos that show several walls of text?
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
I don't use youtube, but if I did, I wouldn't be going to those places anymore.
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Presentation with slides of accompanying text have been a proven concept for sharing information for forever. And it works even better in videos because you can pause, it's a feature!
Plenty of channels I watch use the format (though it's usually not just text, but also images and graphs). It's a good format.
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
(a) is already what they're doing. It's additional information for the people that want it. If you want to ignore it and just listen, do that.
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
I can't either. I actually can process the text (or at least pause and read), but I usually watch these types of videos on background, during times of the day when I can't/don't want to think, or while reading through the comment section...
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example
This is basically the only reason I don't feel too negative about this. I think there are a sizable number of YouTubers who are acting like journalists... and showing primary evidence (which can be someone's Tweet or similar) is very, very good journalistic practice. I think summarizing them would be a bit disingenuous to say the least. Readouts are great though, but then you might end up with 30+ minute videos... and even then, a YouTuber reading out a Tweet out loud can still be difficult to follow.
So yeah I feel neutral about this
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An example that I just watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp_qHcQQyz8
I feel like this has become a trend. Personally, I can't stand it, but since it's become a trend, I figured I might be in the minority. Am I the only one who finds it impossible to fully process several sentences of text WHILE someone is providing verbal commentary? I'm constantly having to pause so I can read the text, which not only defeats the purpose of watching a video instead of reading an article, but also tires my brain out since it keeps switching between reading and listening.
I get that some topics involve lots of textual references, especially discussing court cases like the above example, but I would much rather the creator either (a) stick to verbal summaries and commentary while providing links to all references in case I want to dig deeper myself after watching, or (b) if they're gonna show a bunch of text, read it out loud so that I can put the video on while I do the dishes or something without needing to keep my eyes on the screen and my finger hovering over the pause button.
I prefer how Lindsay Ellis and Patrick H. Willems does it. If they want you to engage with the text, they have someone read the text as it is displayed on screen.
Having text on the screen while someone says something else is going to be hard for those who read text with an internal voice.
