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Joe Cool

(741 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2024, 06:20 AM Mar 20

I am not on this site to watch videos [View all]

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the General Discussion forum).

So, can anyone who posts a video give a detailed summary of what is in the video says since there is a pretty near 100% chance I am not going to watch a ten minute video nor probably any video for that matter? If you are not willing to give a detailed summary of the video, don´t post the video.
One day I looked at the first page of the latest discussions and I counted over 50 minutes worth of video posts.

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I am not on this site to watch videos [View all] Joe Cool Mar 20 OP

There is a simple solution ornotna Mar 20 #1

Just don't watch them then. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 20 #2

What's really odd is the idea that you have to watch a video to decide whether to watch or not Bernardo de La Paz Mar 20 #8

Agree videos are an inefficient use of time. I watch them at double speed. bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #3

watching at double speed---good suggestion. hlthe2b Mar 20 #4

I was wondering... 2naSalit Mar 20 #6

Meidas Touch are lawyers, they can manufacture verbage at will bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #9

Well... 2naSalit Mar 20 #13

Maybe I should include YMMV bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #17

In particular, one source posts videos that average 15 minutes and say nothing 3Hotdogs Mar 20 #16

Joe and I are asking for a summary Tetrachloride Mar 20 #5

Start a business, YouTube @ 2ce the speed. bucolic_frolic Mar 20 #11

I watch 2% of vids w no summary, and 15% of vids w reasonable summaries Bernardo de La Paz Mar 20 #7

Agreed. This is new with DU4. Admin pls call for summaries on videos. So many of them now with no brief context. brush Mar 20 #10

OR... 2naSalit Mar 20 #14

Segregate the videos to their own section? LatteLady Mar 20 #12

Agreed. Post summaries. n/t Bobstandard Mar 20 #15

Please post summaries, i usually don't have headphones and my wife doesn't want to hear. dem4decades Mar 20 #18

We just had a long thread on this less than a week ago so I'll re-use my locking message EarlG Mar 20 #19