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Every time I google a solution for a simple problem (like where to find a feature of a software in its menus or how to calculate something) I always have to navigate past the dozen youtube links to find the article or manual that tells me the solution in 10 lines of text.
If your tutorial could be a webpage then you shouldn't do it.

Edit: to all the people that suggest to make a specific query in the search, that's just a partial solution because there are times I don't know the entity of the solution and youtube could be a good place to look for.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I'm playing a new video game and I google "how to jump" or something simple, I have to sift through entire articles and 10 minutes tutorials, just so I can find a page that will say "press the R3 BUTTON". it's super frustrating, not everything needs a video tutorial

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can find that information in every game in the menus.

[–] DanVctr 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that why we have search engines, so we can find the information quickly instead of having to manually sift through the menus

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But that's why we have menus, so we can find the information quickly instead of having to manually sift through search results.