• mang0@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      The brilliant part about writing text is that you don’t have to read all of it. You can have sections where people can find the information they actually are interested in. The only problem is less ad money.

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            1 day ago

            Well yeah, I still read longform text.

            But not enough people these days do for it to be the first form of media someone might choose to make. A video is a lot faster and more likely to be watched than longform text is too be read.

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              23 hours ago

              Please consider joining the People Preventing Longform Text From Going Extinct (PPLTFGE). PPLTFGE believes text can actually be quicker and more concise than video. Most influencer videos can be compressed into a couple lines of actual information that takes only a few seconds to read as opposed to watching a ten minute video.

              Don’t delay, donate today to the PPLTFGE!

              • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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                20 hours ago

                Yeah, I watch those “Save Me Time” slop videos on YouTube too.

                But I appreciate more detail. While those videos do decently well, they miss details quite a lot that aren’t necessarily needed for the argument but help support what is being said.