I was just realizing that I pretty much never click a link to a video post on Lemmy. I think my reasoning is that it’s too hard to skim a video to see if it’s worth my time, whereas an article can be evaluated initially in a few seconds.
Which kind of links do you engage with more often?
Edit: If you are a small YouTube content creator and it looks like nobody wants to click on videos, consider creating a text version of your video which, granted, is a separate skill, but if you have a message to get out and want to reach people…
more likely to click text
I’m specifically on Lemmy because it’s text based. If I wanted videos I could use Reddit or TikTok on YouTube.
Text 100%. I’m a pretty quick reader. I have no desire to sit and watch (listen to) a 10 minute video of material that could have been an article I could read in under a minute.
Text, and preferably with some info on why I’d want to read it. But I would consider clicking on a video link if again, you actually tell me what it’s about and why I should want to watch it.
IOW, if I am given the same info about the video as I would get by quickly skimming part of an article to see if I want to spend time reading the whole thing. Seems like most links I see here have no context at all, meaning no chance I’d click it.
Even if I’m on YT and see a title and thumbnail that looks interesting, I’ll right-click to open it in a new tab so the page loads in the background without starting to play. Then I can switch to that tab and see if the description and/or comments make me want to actually hit play, otherwise I close the tab.
Text because I have a limited amount of time in my life and I can scan text quickly for the interesting bits, not so with videos. Watching videos is mostly a waste of my time.
Lemmy, specifically, is meant to be a mainly text based platform that people can scroll through during short downtimes, including in public. Videos are inconvenient for that.
I kinda of have to be doing something while I’m listening (almost never watching) a video. So I’d have to find something to do before I started listening.
I’m more likely to click on a text link.
My laptop isn’t paired with my headphones so I seldom watch videos on this device. The speakers are pretty terrible.
My android tablet is what I use for videos. If the video has a clear title I can search, maybe I’ll do so but I need to know it will be worth my time.
Text. 90% of the time I watch youtube etc is when I’m eating or trying to pass out etc
I don’t even really like links that take me away from Lemmy. Just a body of text in a post. Or embedded photos. I don’t want to go anywhere. Also, no for videos.
Only text. I completely skip commentary videos because it usually means the speaker can’t form complete sentences.
I will, however, watch things like news where it is important to hear and see the public official giving an announcement or the like, and certain informational videos that show a process where seeing it adds information – but I still need a text description to convincing enough to get me past hesitation.
