Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrible decisions on video?

Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by hoorayimhelping on Friday October 19, 2018 @08:50PM (#18261086)

A lot of the comments below this are rebutting this point by mentioning that videos are better for learning, or complex tasks. This seems obvious to me. Unless I grossly misunderstand how most people use facebook though, they're not there to watch videos about learning or car repair. They're there to consume content as a distraction. It's right there in the beginning of the quote: "the best way to tell stories..."

In that context, this comment is absolutely spot on - we're not talking about a tutorial video showing how to replace the headers on your BMW. We're talking about a video with a talking head that reads a "story" to you. "Can you believe what the president did today?" (cue outrage).

"It commands so much more information in a much quicker period," is a nice way of saying "video distracts people much more effectively than text."

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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by friedman23 on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:12PM (#18261333)

>A lot of the comments below this are rebutting this point by mentioning that videos are better for learning, or complex tasks. This seems obvious to me.

Video is better for learning? I've participated in many online courses and I have noticed consistently that for a lecturer to convey the amount of information that could be obtained in 1 hour of reading they would need at least 3 hours of lecturing.

The only reason I listen to lectures in addition to reading is for metadata. IE, what do they emphasize. And typically I need to do this at 2x speed or else I fall asleep.

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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by roenxi on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:38PM (#18261628)

Taking a step back, the idea that learning is about fast data transfer is probably not going to hold up to scrutiny at all.

Learning needs to be data transfer at the speed with which your brain learns, which isn't going to be as fast as it can process data through an existing conception of the world.

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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by pitaj on Friday October 19, 2018 @11:47PM (#18261669)

You need to consider complimentary data incoming through multiple senses, and data which is better represented in moving picture form.

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Re:Did Facebook’s faulty data push publishers to make terrib... by flattone on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:46AM (#18261810)

Id argue it 1) primarily depends on the topic 2) also primarily depends on a specific persons brain 9/10 I hate video results.

For 1 if I want information I don't need logos/animations, I don't need "hello fellow YouTubers", etc.

Event the "repair car" example. Suppose need to make some action to repair a vacuum pump. Unless I just don't know where it is in the engine bay (or some other location/orientation information) what value is looking at anything?

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