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…
Text.
Video requires too much time dedicated to consume it. If I’m looking for a specific explanation or review or walkthrough that suits a visual medium then I’ll go look for a video.
But even then, for most things a text description with photos to illustrate finer details of often better anyway.
If I’m doom scrolling there is no chance I’m clicking on random videos. My volume is turned down permanently and I ain’t turning it up just to hear it start off with “hey what’s up guys it’s some dickhead here from some shitty channel where I like to make videos about something no one cares about or is already a saturated market, anyway click on the subscribe button and them we’ll go ahead and listen to a promo from a crappy mobile game who’s sponsoring this video! And then I’ll go ahead and tell you where to buy this item I’m holding that’s tangically related, and then I’ll go ahead and…”
Just obnoxious.
Same. Text. I love visual content but its so overcooked and false these days, that videos have become a chore.
Text. I’ve barely clicked video due to similar reason as OP
Videos are a plague. YouTube is the mother of all brainrot.
Learn to read kids, nobody is gonna put the things you need to know in a video.
Text. I dont need a simple query dragged into a 20 minute video
Posters might be able to entice me to click an external video link if they included a short description of the video in the post’s text box, but no one ever does so…
Definitely text. But even with those, I can usually recognize when a tweet would better capture the whole content
I kind of feel bad for people that write nonfiction books then go on podcasts to talk about their book. Like, thanks, bro, you just saved me $18.99.
I never click on videos.
Text.
I block image and video posts in my feed.
Always text. It’s much more pleasant to read information without a lot of visual and auditory noise infiltrating your senses. What is the point of having info inflected to you through some person in a video. Already have Reddit muted. Learned that a while ago haha
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.
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.
I’m most likely to click on text for the same reason !
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. 90% of the time I watch youtube etc is when I’m eating or trying to pass out etc
