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[DISCUSS] Pros/cons of videos for technical documentation?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3560540

You probably have already noticed that nowadays it's becoming fashionable online to share technical material via videos (eg YouTube.)

I somehow can understand the appeal of creating videos for sharing thoughts/news, esp b/c it takes way less time and focus compared to writing things (just hit the record button and go.)

But videos are. πŸ‘Ž not index-able (at least locally)
πŸ‘Ž not searchable. πŸ‘Ž not copy-paste friendly if at all. πŸ‘Ž impossible to skim through.
πŸ‘Ž a major distraction from the train of thoughts.

IMO, in most cases, the more effective and impactful medium of technical comms is the written form: a Mastodon toot, a blog post, a gist, a Pastebin entry or even a Facebook post!

What are your thoughts?

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