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Bernardo de La Paz

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15. Concision omits important context. I agree with hlthe2b.

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #2)

Fri May 27, 2016, 12:51 PM

May 2016

Concise in the case of the title omits important context to help evaluate whether to watch the video or not.

"even bigger" begs the question: bigger than what? How is this important?

I remember there being some controversy, but a sentence or two to recap would sell the video much better.

Text is so much faster to read than to watch videos, so I don't watch videos unless the poster cares enough to provide meaningful context and some indication of its relative importance.

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I wish someone would just take two seconds to write two or three sentences to tell us hlthe2b May 2016 #1

This header was a very good description. A Simple Game May 2016 #2

well THAT was helpful... hlthe2b May 2016 #4

Yet it was infinitely more relevant than your post to the OP. A Simple Game May 2016 #7

hlthe2b was NOT hypocritical. The title's concision fails to adequately describe the video. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #16

I had no problem understanding what the video was going to be about. A Simple Game May 2016 #18

I too had no problem guessing what the video was going to be about. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #20

Further, the principle & benefits of writing summaries applies to ALL videos, not just this one. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #21

In a nutshell.... NorthCarolina May 2016 #8

Thanks, NorthCarolina hlthe2b May 2016 #9

No problem. NorthCarolina May 2016 #10

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