And sadly now I have to watch a video. Wouldn't step by step instructions be quicker and more effective? Yes. They were. Now it's some video wasting my time.

Not sure that is a great example.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I hate that this has become so commonplace. Yes for some - mostly physical - things it’s much better if you can see someone do it. But finding an obscure setting in an app shouldn’t be a video.

Stuck on a 20 step installation process? Here’s a 10 minute video showing all the steps you already know before the phase you’re stuck. Sure you can scrub through it, but it’s still faster to skim and scroll through a text with images.

[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, when you do find a text article explaining the thing it's often unnecessarily long and padded out with meaningless fluff, just so more advertising can be stuffed within the contents.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

This is the lure of a. I. And it's insidious.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 28 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t step by step instructions be quicker and more effective?

For this type of work, typically no, it's quicker and more effective to have someone show you exactly how to do it.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

No. That's generalizing

It depends on the person learning. You may get more out of a video and I may get more from a book