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
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.
I’m specifically on Lemmy because it’s text based. If I wanted videos I could use Reddit or TikTok on YouTube.
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 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.
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.
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…
Text. Youtube is already running in the background.
Text. I dont need a simple query dragged into a 20 minute video
Text. I’ve barely clicked video due to similar reason as OP
On Lemmy, text for sure. I watch an inordinate amount of YouTube, but I go to YouTube to do that.
Yup, I spend a lot of time on YouTube, but I’ve curated my feed. Watching a random video of dubious provenance is not happening.
100% text
