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[Meta] I suggest adding a rule to not post videos here. (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In my humble opinion, the Technology community should only contain text news/articles or even news pictures.

I simply think that tech videos does not belong to this community, as there is already a videos community which would be more suitable for this.

What does the mods think about this?

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not specifically talking about myself, I'm explaining the sentiment I see here. Me personally not contributing to those posts probably won't impact anything, and that's fine. But there's a lot of pushback from people who prefer text.

All I'm saying is to put in a little effort to link a relevant text article or add a few bullet points that the video covers. That's it. The barrier to posting stuff should be a little higher than just sending links to things that seem somewhat interesting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I’m explaining the sentiment I see here.

The sentiment here is that a loud minority cries about a tiny fraction of submissions when they could just not watch the videos in the first place.

All I’m saying is to put in a little effort to link a relevant text article or add a few bullet points that the video covers. That’s it.

Literally nobody is stopping you from doing that for other submissions. Don't task unpaid community members to do work for you, just because you don't like videos.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, I do that sometimes, and it's honestly not hard. If I post a video, I post a short summary about why I think it's relevant. I expect the same from others.

And no, I'm not paid either.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, I do that sometimes, and it’s honestly not hard.

Keep doing it for your stuff, don't try to make a rule for others to do the same.

I expect the same from others.

That's the problem. You shouldn't. It's not your call to make. Deal with it.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 1 month ago

You're right, it's not my call, which is why this is a Meta post for community discussion, which will ultimately require buy-in from the mods (i.e. those who would enforce such rules). I'm providing my $0.02 to the discussion.