Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested
Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested
@bstix @Provider Flip side: I started a project to teach people obscure skateboard tricks (blatant plug: www.freestyletricktips.com). I wanted to cover both sides, so I made videos, took screenshots from them, and made a website to write detailed information that was easily skimmable, searchable and translatable.
Something like 90% of the audience go straight to Youtube - and then ask questions covered on the website! It’s maddening.
Yes videos make perfect sense for skateboard tricks. The old frame by frame tips in the magazines weren’t very helpful in comparison. I wish I had had videos back when I was younger. I learned most tricks from a book called “99 tricks” and it took forever without anyone to show them.
I’m mostly ranting against tutorials for software etc.
@bstix It’s *everything*, though. So many people default to Youtube and use it like a search engine.
I used to work with a guy who, when faced with a software issue, would open Youtube instead of Google/DuckDuckGo/etc.; as a result, it took him ages to solve anything, but he couldn’t put two and two together as to why.