What's with all the video only threads?

[Iwasthere]

I'm not always in a place where I can watch a video. I see a thread that really want to read, then boom! It's another video

[Gruenemann]

1. I have a problem with that too.

Also, tweets take forever to load on my phone.

[Trueblue1968]

26. i don't think they should post them here, there is a VIDEO thread, put vids there !!

[we can do it]

2. I hate it too...especially the ones that scream BREAKING.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I agree. I do have access to YouTube, so when I'm on DU, I don't want to view these

videos. Sure they may be interesting and such, but damn, I don't want to have to spend all of my time on DU just watching these videos. It seems like everyone of them is 10+- minutes or so in length). I like by far, the discussions part of DU, not the simple copy and paste of these long videos.

[PJMcK]

4. Yeah, a brief summary would be appreciated

I’m grateful to DUer TexasTowelie who posts Ring of Fire videos with a transcript. If only more posters would consider this, it would make the posts more accessible.

[NoRethugFriends]

5. Yes, A summary would be nice. Actually, should be required IMO

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[ProfessorGAC]

7. That Would Be Nice

Most of us read 4 to 10 times speaking rate.
A summary would be a 5 second appetizer to see if more detail is desired.

[NoRethugFriends]

18. Exactly!

[mucifer]

6. I like the videos. It's all subjective But from

Now on if I post one I will try to have a brief description of the point it is making.

[LiberalFighter]

16. No different than others providing excerpts from news. The way I look at it.

[NoRethugFriends]

19. Thank You. Appreciated.

[johnp3907]

8. My reaction when DUers post videos:

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. I just put the video spammers on ignore

Problem solved- the Latest Threads suddenly became filled with, you know, actual information and discussions, rather than endless clickbait…

[NoRethugFriends]

21. Good idea!

[vanlassie]

10. My only gripe, really. Once in awhile I put frequent posters on ignore.

[femmedem]

11. We have a Video & Multimedia forum.

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So long as people post their videos there, it's easy to ignore them if you don't like videos and easy to find for folks like me who enjoy watching a few in the evening.

I'm grateful to anyone who takes the time to share content here, whether it's in the form of an article, a tweet or a video. I'd hate for anyone who makes that effort to be discouraged from posting however they like to post.

[cilla4progress]

14. Ditto. They are all in the designated forum, so

Do appreciate when there is a transcript or synopsis.

[2naSalit]

12. I have a dual sense about them...

I appreciate most of the videos that are informative and are often news I would not have access to otherwise. What I don't care for are the ones that have no description or summary and the ones that require going to twitter to see. I'll open a Mastadon link but most of those show in the body text while twitter does not.

Anyway, the videos do provide news, in one place, that I don't have access to out here in rural flyover land.

[bello]

13. A small meta change to (maybe) solve this issue

I propose a small change: Video and Multimedia should be split into 1) Video and Multimedia - VONT (video only no text); and 2) Video and Multimedia W/T (with transcript or text).

If the OPs were halfway honest, you could easily choose to click through or not.

[LiberalFighter]

15. I rarely do videos. It interferes with other activities.

[demmiblue]

17. Doesn't bother me at all.

[Elessar Zappa]

20. Not a big deal.

Just ignore them if you don’t like them. A lot of us like the videos.

[Iwasthere]

25. What if I find the op VERY interesting

But I dont have time to wade through a long video. A brief description would be helpful.

[Firestorm49]

22. I'm sure they're interesting but I don't have time to sit around all

all day and watch videos. There’s an abundance of info on DU which I check numerous times every day but I don’t watch the videos unless it’s very compelling.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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[intrepidity]

24. As long as they are posted to the Video/MM forum

Then I keep that forum hidden ("trashed&quot so that the posts don't show up during regular browsing; when I want to watch videos, I go to that forum directly. There should really be such a forum for Tweets imho, for the same reason.

The Lounge, being the Lounge, is an exception.

In general, I really resent clickbait.

[IcyPeas]

27. Everybody doesn't like something...

But nobody doesn't like Sara Lee