I come here to read news. If you are just posting a Youtube video can you at least note that in the subject line?

[Beaverhausen]

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Editing to add - Sorry I didn't know about the red box thingy. Thank you!

But I agree with those who mentioned wanting at least a synopsis or summary/explanation or time stamp on the video that you post.

Sorry but I'm grumpy today.

But I'm also tired of opening threads and seeing a video. I can't always watch/listen to something and would rather read it.

Thank you

[Silent Type]

1. I agree on videos; however, look for the little red square right after the title that lets you know it's video.

I do appreciate folks who post a summary of what video is about.

[MaineBlueBear]

25. Timestamps

I enjoy it when there's a timestamp to the good part.

[Captain Zero]

29. I don't think twitter links belong on DU

Makes me mad when I give that MFer a click.

[justaprogressive]

2. Youtube video bearing posts

Have a red dot next to them X posts have blue.

I also hate youtube videos with no written info or comment!

A waste of my time.

[calimary]

31. Learn something new every day!

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Most have way too much talky-talky for my liking

I’ll put up with it for awhile, then end up fast-forwarding through most of it.

[LisaM]

15. OMG, the 'intros"! So solipsistic.

It's like looking up an online recipe and you have to wade through a three-generation back story.

[question everything]

18. All I want are paragraphs breaks. When I see a screenful paragraph I skip

If you are not sure - perhaps your device does not show it - then after you entry is posted, go back and edit. Please.

[h2ebits]

24. Mostly, I can't be bothered. Too much "explaining" and I don't have that much time.

I much prefer reading.

I have also found that the titles are often misleading so what you watch has little relevance to the title.

[FirstLight]

4. A summary, etc would be ideal!

I avoid the red dots on threads because I am also not into watching videos on everything. I can read faster than the 20 minutes of ranting ...

[bamagal62]

5. I thought there was

a video marker??

[Attilatheblond]

6. You thought correctly. Little red square next to posts with videos

I am less and less inclined to open posts with the red square because too many people don't post a clue about contents when they just post a video.

[Flatrat]

7. I too come here to read news

Mostly I see videos and twitter links, which I decline to participate in. Many of the videos are just talking heads I never heard of telling me what I am watching.

I have almost left DU a few times because of this. Life is too short.

I will look for the red dots and move on.
Thanks for the tip.

[Bev54]

8. Yes I would appreciate a summary of the importance of

What is being said and most importantly, with long videos, give us the time stamp of when to watch, instead of us having to watch most of the video to get to the spot.

[1WorldHope]

9. I think that DU has many choices for many tastes.

Nobody can please everyone. But just like there is no stupid question, something one person does not like is just peachy for someone else. Chill y'all we have bigger fish to fry.

[calimary]

32. Yep, we certainly DO have bigger fish to fry.

[SCantiGOP]

10. I ignore all videos

Especially those that have CAPITALS and !!!!! in the headline, with an inflammatory headline line “Trump (or Russia or MAGA etc) completely destroyed!!”
Those are guaranteed to be a 10 minute of video with some random person and then 20 seconds of relevant info that is no where near what the headline claimed.
I really wish there was a way to eliminate these from personal feeds. I’ve blocked Liberal YouTubers and the poster who throws up dozens of those each day, but they are still present.

[KT2000]

11. Yes, too many videos now

I too come here for news and also the insights and opinions of DU posters. Most of the videos are posted and that is it - just one person's take on a news story, and then it dies. I think we can scan YouTube for those, but this is the only place for a discussion after reading the news someone has posted. We are the commentary and I enjoy that.

[Alice B.]

12. I feel the same way when I'm googling any kind of instructions...

Can I just get the text … and that doesn’t… move…

[surfered]

14. The red box to the right of the title indicates a video is attached.

Sometimes there is written description of the contents. I usually don’t watch the video without knowledge of its contents.

[twodogsbarking]

16. Oh shit. Something else to remember.

[hunter]

17. The only videos I watch here on DU are posted in the lounge. I read all my news.

News and opinion videos simply do not exist in my personal universe -- not on my computers, not on my television, not on my phones.

My daemons dispose of all links to them.

[WiVoter]

19. Same Here

[progree]

20. I turned off the dot indicators because I find them distracting and annoying

As for posts with videos, I don't mind them in the least (and in some cases they are an enhancement) if they SUPPLEMENT a full text post with a short clip (or even a long clip if the poster tells us where to look for the meat, even if the long clip is some blathering callow kid that starts off with a long long backgrounder that begins with the 2016 election and for some reason has an incentive to spend 30 minutes to cover one minute of news).

As for many of the videos that one poster obsessively posts, it makes it sound like Ukraine is massively winning every encounter. One wonders why, if that is so, why Ukraine isn't by now mopping up the last bits of crumbling Russian resistance at the southern-most tip of the Kamchatka peninsula by now. I quit watching those nearly 3 years ago.

[Warpy]

21. Most of us post the titles from YouTube

because that is the best way to avoid dupes. That might be inconvenient at times but it's better than having half the lineup taken by the same video under different titles.

[GoodRaisin]

22. Also helpful is to put the time where the video pertains to your OP.

I don’t want to watch a long video to find the 1-2 minute point of the OP. It needs to be included in the post.

[TygrBright]

23. I would love it if video posters would at least summarize it in their posts.

It would also be helpful if they'd say WHY they think others might be interested. Needn't be elaborate, just something like, "This video interviews several people who were fired from the Federal such-and-such department and discusses their potential lawsuit. I thought others might be interested in the grounds they chose for the suit, which rely on the standing of the DOGE employees." Or whatever.

How hard is that?

hopefully,
Bright

[FakeNoose]

26. I usually skip the videos, even when the poster explains what they are

[Srkdqltr]

27. I find that a lot of thr YT posts are not what the title says and a lot are outright lying.

[Silent Type]

30. Agree. The titles suck and aren't close to truth. Think it's mostly podcaster wannabes looking for clicks.

[samsingh]

28. i agree

[Amaryllis]

33. i dont mind a video if they post a summary or something that tells content but i hate it when it's just a video with a

headline.

[Ponietz]

34. Usually just some rando jabbering for 15 or 20 minutes when the point can be made in less than one

How about a Jabbering Rando forum?

[Joinfortmill]

35. Check the rules.

[Brainstormy]

36. thank you!

I loathe videos when I hoping to read news