How much time are you willing to waste?

Flint · 05-30-2010, 12:58 PM

Here's another example that I find very irritating: YouTube etc. videos that have a long introduction (i.e. who made the movie, including their "film production company" title) and/or useless dead space that should have been edited out. Just cut to the good part, you stupid video posters! If I have to wait longer than 5-10 seconds and don't see the reason that I clicked on the video happening yet, I click away and never come back.

In the case of a 30 second advertisement, I will sit through these depending on my level of intereset in the content. Sometimes, I click away almost instantly, as soon as I see the thing. In other cases, such as videos on The Onion, I watch them because I know the video will be funny (I trust the site to have worthwhile content). For some random link to a news clip that I thought I might find somewhat interesting, forget it. I click away and go look at something else.

05-30-2010, 12:58 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Here's another example that I find very irritating: YouTube etc. videos that have a long introduction (i.e. who made the movie, including their "film production company" title) and/or useless dead space that should have been edited out. Just cut to the good part, you stupid video posters! If I have to wait longer than 5-10 seconds and don't see the reason that I clicked on the video happening yet, I click away and never come back. In the case of a 30 second advertisement, I will sit through these depending on my level of intereset in the content. Sometimes, I click away almost instantly, as soon as I see the thing. In other cases, such as videos on The Onion, I watch them because I know the video will be funny (I trust the site to have worthwhile content). For some random link to a news clip that I thought I might find somewhat interesting, forget it. I click away and go look at something else. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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