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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by hsod on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:59PM (#15614241)
Yes, I think we cross a line when we begin making demands about the content itself. If you want content created to your specifications, you can produce it yourself or pay someone else to do it.

Video content isn't "user hostile" any more than a movie you don't like is "user hostile".

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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by anigbrowl on Thursday November 02, 2017 @05:17PM (#15614370)
Video that is deliberately structured to keep people watching without delivering much information is absolutely user hostile. That's why TV is full of shows with bullshit cliffhangers leading up to ad breaks and so on. Stringing users along in order to monetize the content is somewhat voluntary but easily tips into being exploitative.
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by krapp on Thursday November 02, 2017 @05:51PM (#15614611)
Not all video is, or is meant to be, about maximizing information density. Mere entertainment isn't "user hostile" if people enjoy it.
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by anigbrowl on Thursday November 02, 2017 @06:01PM (#15614706)
Sure, but I thought we were talking about the context of documentary /instructional /information videos.

For entertainment that's fine, I enjoy cartoons, drama etc. as much as anyone.

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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by coldtea on Friday November 03, 2017 @04:23AM (#15617505)
>Sure, but I thought we were talking about the context of documentary /instructional /information videos.

Even in that context, amateurs and people starting out with a subject, might prefer to have less information density and have things explained in easy steps -- instead of lots of stuff they don't get crammed in 5 minutes.

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