From: petertrei@gmail.com
On 2/7/2025 3:04 PM, Tim Merrigan wrote:
> On 2/5/2025 5:40 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
>> On 2/5/25 8:31 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>> On 2/3/2025 11:14 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>>> Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>>>>> We ended up mostly watching YouTube videos.
>>>>
>>>> Most notably, a new Lehto's Law video that shocked even me. And I
>>>> thought I was unshockable. It's about a man who was compelled to
>>>> plead guilty to stealing his own identity. He had to falsely confess
>>>> that he wasn't who he claimed to be. (He was eventually exonerated.)
>>>
>>> Lehto's Law is a channel that demonstrates something I hate about
>>> YouTube.
>>>
>>> It has interesting content, but the 'video' angle has exactly zero
>>> added value - its just him sitting in his office talking at the
>>> camera.
>>>
>>> You spend 10-40 minutes for a story you could have read in 5 minutes.
>>>
>>> No wonder I watch it at 1.5x to 1.75x speed, and still feel he's
>>> wasting my time.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> I watched a Lehto's Law video with a friend yesterday, about the
>> challenge to a Louisiana law that says cops can order people to stay
>> 25 feet away from them. I'd already known a lot of what was in it. The
>> main benefit was that I got my friend to see it.
>>
>> I think videos are popular because many people use phones for
>> computers, and it's a pain to read much text on them.
>
> Have they never heard of audio only? If the video doesn't add anything,
> why have it?
>
Perhaps YT is easier to publicize and monetize than a podcast.
There's a few YT channels I listen to, rather than watch, by
syncing my phone with my car audio while driving.
pt
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