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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. > 👎 not index-able (at least locally) > 👎 not searchable. > 👎 not copy-paste friendly if at all. > 👎 impossible to skim through. > 👎 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? > > !