Also, I often can't watch video content without unplugging my speakers and putting my headphones in so I don't disturb other people. Oh, and my laptop fan starts going like crazy and my CPU goes to 100% with FLV.
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#12There was a reason to reading the sports section!
It seems to be what keeps a large puportion of the american population reading! However, it does not make business sense.
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#13I feel the same way about ESPN. I like reading interesting articles about sports but it is actually not that easy to find good content - there is no hacker news for sports (yet!).
I was throwing together a Techmeme for sports, and while compiling a list of sources, I ran into this same problem. As far as I know, there isn't enough sports content out there, which makes sense if you think about it.
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#14Also, I often can't watch video content without unplugging my speakers and putting my headphones in so I don't disturb other people. Oh, and my laptop fan starts going like crazy and my CPU goes to 100% with FLV.
God I hate Flash on Mac. Burns up my CPU for watching a 3 minute video...
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#15people don't like reading. most people read @ an 8th grade level because of the brain damage inflicted by mandatory government education.
most people probably would be illiterate without a mandatory government education
please don't upvote such ahistorical nonsense. Even the most casual examination of historical records reveals this to be false.
In the early 1800s, Pierre Samuel Dupont, an influential French citizen who helped Thomas Jefferson negotiate for the Louisiana Purchase, came to America and surveyed education here. He found that most young Americans could read, write, and "cipher" (do arithmetic), and that Americans of all ages could and did read the Bible. He estimated that fewer than four Americans in a thousand were unable to write neatly and legibly.
people were fine before the advent of the nanny state in 1933.
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#16I totally agree. Why would I watch a video if I'm looking to navigate somewhere?
However, big brands might find creative ways to use them on search results. Check out the one for Pedigree (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=pedigree) This commercial first ran during the Super Bowl and is pretty funny. I'll bet certain campaigns could do well in search, prodding the user to dive into the ad experience more (i.e. hangintherejack.com)
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#17Video is primarily for entertainment, text is for conveying information. At least on the net.
Newspapers don't seem to understand this - a lot of them are starting to have videoclips on their sites, apparently to grab marketshare from TV. It's much more expensive than writing an article, and it doesn't work. There are, of course exceptions: "nipslips", catastrophes and such call for video, but most news don't.
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#18The main problem I have with video over text is that it takes much longer to convey the same information. I can read about 5 times faster (450-500 wpm) than most video (90-100 wpm). So other than special cases where video is crucial, I much prefer text.
Sometimes I like watching videos precisely because it's slower: the delivery has nuance; I can ruminate a bit; things stick in my memory. A good speaker can really amplify the meaning and memorability of information.
Really, it depends on the situation. Speed isn't always the most important thing.
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#19Also, I often can't watch video content without unplugging my speakers and putting my headphones in so I don't disturb other people. Oh, and my laptop fan starts going like crazy and my CPU goes to 100% with FLV.
Video is an effective way to warm the planet, burn nonrenewable fuels, and send more batteries to toxic dump sites.
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#20I feel the same way about ESPN. I like reading interesting articles about sports but it is actually not that easy to find good content - there is no hacker news for sports (yet!).
I've been feeling this way about CNN for a while. Many of the video links have "teaser" headlines as well. Definitely not worth watching a commercial. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives for news.