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To rather read than watch a video??

6 replies

WouldShouldCould · 11/04/2020 23:21

Videos (or whatever the trendy name for them is) are so slow, I'm fed up with having to watch a video for a news report or information etc, I can scan and read much quicker however feel that I am a dying breed. Any one else find videos annoying?

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Herbalteahippie · 11/04/2020 23:22

I totally understand x

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 11/04/2020 23:22

I do - I skip past & find a written version.

I also hate bloody video’s at exhibitions - information boards please!

MooseBreath · 11/04/2020 23:25

YANBU. This especially bothers me when I'm trying to get news from various sources. I'd much rather read it than sit through a video that takes far longer to watch, often glitches, and sometimes doesn't even contain any information and is just footage!

BelfryBat · 11/04/2020 23:27

I'm deaf and have to read subtitles anyway. Give written information any day. Online video too often has crap/no subtitles too.

MutteringDarkly · 11/04/2020 23:30

Yes! I particularly hate this for instructions / FAQs. We use a piece of software at work and almost their entire advice centre is video format. I do not want to watch an 11 minute video to realise it didn't answer my query! Write the information down properly so I can scan through and see if it is what I need. Grrr.

Khione · 11/04/2020 23:38

Definitely, be it news, instructions or fiction.

I've lost count of the times I've said 'No but I've read it' in answer to the question 'Have you watched/seen xxx?).

Often years previously - but if I like the sound of a film, or a recommendation sounds good, I look to see if it is avaialable as an electoronic book for kindle

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