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How do yall feel about Youtube videos that show several walls of text? (lemmy.yachts)

submitted 2 weeks ago by turkalino@lemmy.yachts to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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