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The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by lotsofpulp »

amelius wrote: post #43
aantix wrote: post #34

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Does Wikipedia allow for the embedding of Youtube videos? It'd be nice to embrace an existing library of video content. The reverse relationship exists - Google readily displays Wikipedia content for specific searches.

Google is acting as a silo, and imho not an example of good stewardship wrt the organization of the world's data.

I do not see anyone else willing to pony up the money to be a “good steward”. Who wants to take on all the responsibility and liabilities that come with hosting other people’s content?

Better solution here would be ipv6 and fiber connections to each home so people do not have to rely on uploading to one company to be able to distribute their video.

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Post by scrollaway »

ClumsyPilot wrote: post #60
scrollaway wrote: post #41

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You're using YouTube wrong. I dunno. For me, YouTube serves me up so much educational content i want to watch that there is over 100 hours of content in my Watch Later. And i do very often go through the videos it gives me but it never ends. YouTube is a tool, you have to do a bit of curation so it learns what you like and dislike, and then it just delivers an unending firehose of content matching that. And if what y…

I dunno what i am doing wrong, but my youtube feed is a barrage of things I've already watched, the only way for me to get something new suggested that's not garbade is to spesifically search for it.

Do you have watch history turned off maybe? YouTube extremely rarely recommends videos I've already watched (and usually, it's explicitly a suggestion to rewatch something that might actually be cool to rewatch)

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by scrollaway »

michaelt wrote: post #104
ClumsyPilot wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dunno what i am doing wrong, but my youtube feed is a barrage of things I've already watched, the only way for me to get something new suggested that's not garbade is to spesifically search for it.

The secret to operating youtube is to ignore the homepage and video recommendations and disable autoplay - instead what you want to do is:- Stage 1: Follow channels you like. Stage 2: Visit https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions

In my experience, youtube recommendations are stellar for educational and long form content, so i would absolutely recommend looking at them if that is your focus. I've discovered a lot of cool channels this way.

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Post by betwixthewires »

I generally give YouTube the company a lot of grief when I talk about them but this article is true, the availability of information on YouTube (and the internet in general) is outstanding. I have learned most of what I know using the internet, much of it on YouTube. I mostly learn through reading but tons of things like gardening or working on my car I could not have easily learned without YouTube

> Because of this intensely local nature, it presents a uniquely strong succession problem: if a master woodworker fails to transmit his tacit knowledge to the few apprentices in his shop, the knowledge is lost forever, even if he’s written books about it.

There was an article I saw on HN the other day about organizational decay on the internet, in particular, dead hypertext links, and a big example given was a significant number of citations in court rulings go nowhere. With this in mind, I don't believe the problem of losing this knowledge is solved, unless you trust that YouTube won't purge data ever or won't ever cease to exist.

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Post by betwixthewires »

grawprog wrote: post #83

Maybe I'm just one of those odd ones, as much as I love all the knowledge and learning videos on youtube and I can't deny I've learned a lot from them. But, they seem to have replaced the written tutorial or instructions for a lot of things. I'm one of those people, I learn better through reading. I learn alright through youtube videos, but I find I retain knowledge better through written descriptions and pictures. I…

I'm with you. I'd rather read and have an odd illustration than watch a video. Most of the time, when I watch a video it is reluctantly, because I can't find written information on the topic as easily as a video. But there are a very limited set of instructions that are better suited to video format, for example, cooking, working on a car or gardening.

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Post by paulryanrogers »

grawprog wrote: post #83

Maybe I'm just one of those odd ones, as much as I love all the knowledge and learning videos on youtube and I can't deny I've learned a lot from them. But, they seem to have replaced the written tutorial or instructions for a lot of things. I'm one of those people, I learn better through reading. I learn alright through youtube videos, but I find I retain knowledge better through written descriptions and pictures. I…

My guess is screen capture and free video hosting has made the documenting process easier than screen shots and carefully described steps.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by betwixthewires »

trentnix wrote: post #24
inglor_cz wrote: post #3

Well, I had a toilet problem a week ago. Looking it up on YouTube, I found a plumber who demonstrated a solution. Five minutes of work and the problem was resolved. IDK how much I saved, but at least 2000 CZK (approx. 80 dollars). Not to mention that I didn't have to wait for the plumber to arrive, which would take a few days, probably.

I fixed our garage refrigerator just a few weeks ago thanks to YouTube. The freezer side was cooling fine, but the refrigerator side was not cooling at all. When I opened the refrigerator door, I could feel cold air venting into the refrigerator from the freezer just fine, but it would never get cold and would eventually beep with a high temperature error. Meat had spoiled, drinks were hot, and my wife started lookin…

Yeah I learned that from a friend many years ago, 9 times out of 10 of a refrigerator is acting funny, turning it off for a few hours to let the ice melt will solve the problem. Most of the time if that doesn't work you need a new compressor and you're better off buying a new refrigerator. Sometimes it is some strange electrical issue but those are rare.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by beerandt »

paulryanrogers wrote: post #118
grawprog wrote: post #83

Maybe I'm just one of those odd ones, as much as I love all the knowledge and learning videos on youtube and I can't deny I've learned a lot from them. But, they seem to have replaced the written tutorial or instructions for a lot of things. I'm one of those people, I learn better through reading. I learn alright through youtube videos, but I find I retain knowledge better through written descriptions and pictures. I…

My guess is screen capture and free video hosting has made the documenting process easier than screen shots and carefully described steps.

But it's so hard to skim to even see if it's relevant.

Like so many "fix" videos are actually just basic setup and settings. But you don't know that until you've watched most of the video.

If it were typed and screenshoted, you could figure that out in seconds.

Which is too say- the ambiguity benefits creators who make lower quality content, because you have to watch so much to even make that determination.

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