Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube
by OJFord on Friday September 09, 2022 @08:20PM
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I'm not who you replied to, but I do care, I don't want to be made to feel stupid, I don't want to think that people are stupid, I want things to be presented as they are even if not immediately understands them.
In the UK we see this with nonsense talk of 'the [energy] price cap' being some £ figure per year - when it's not, it's a £/kWh cap, but the media can't cope with that, we're stuck with what it means for 'the average household'. Even comparison sites refuse to compare what you actually pay, £/day and £/kWh, and instead insist on asking you about number of bedrooms etc.
I'm sick of everything being dumbed down.
Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube
by nwienert on Friday September 09, 2022 @09:28PM
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Ok well that’s a different scenario. I mean I agree some things are dumbed down way too much.
I’m just saying there’s a decent reason for some of it. A huge audience on YouTube are children, teens.
Re:The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube
by Too on Saturday September 10, 2022 @01:55AM
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Good example of clown being educational is ElectroBoom. He constantly keeps "accidentally" electrocuting himself and goofing around. The videos have very crisp editing and baity thumbnails. At the same time a lot of the content is deeply informative and educational.
I'm not sure you can call his series a curriculum, yet I think I learned a lot more from there than from my university classes, despite watching it primarily for the fun and not for learning.
And honestly? I don’t care. The content is good, and if the hat gets them more viewers then all the better.