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I have noticed that some users here don't have time to watch videos. I think on most of the video links I share here, there are always users commenting that it is better to read an article than watching this video. To be honest, I don't like all this complaining. It is kind of annoying.

So to make the users who dont have time to watch a video happy. Post a tldw summary. You dont have to write it yourself or anything. Just use chatgpt or something similar.

I have also noticed that there is better engagement and discussions when a tldw is posted.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Besides lack of time, a TL;DW is also neat for people who are proficient only in the written language, but not the spoken one.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

And who have vision or sound processing issues, like me.

[–] Weborl 35 points 1 year ago

I don't usually watch videos because when I use Lemmy I'm in my phone and listening to the music.

I don't want my music to stop so I can watch a video of 10 minutes with a list of Patreons, a paid sponsor, links to other videos of the channel and an actual minute with worthy information.

[–] alnilam 29 points 1 year ago

I often use online media at a time when using headphones isn't an option and I depend on subtitles it TLDW.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 27 points 1 year ago

Frustrates the hell out of me whenever someone posts a video and with a title like "Here's what I think to solve technical debt" or some other thought piece it's like 45 minutes long.

Zero respect for the audience. We're a bunch who can zoom through 100+ social media posts in a few minutes, and you expect us to watch your 45 min ramble?

[–] SandLight 24 points 1 year ago

I usually don't have headphones handy and don't want the noise (or already am watching something else passively)

I pretty much bounce off any video link so a dinner is a big help (and may even get me to take the effort to watch the video)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

"To be honest, I don’t like all this complaining. It is kind of annoying."
TLDR
why post to YT at all

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm gunna say fuck that, you don't need to form an opinion on every piece of content you come across. If you don't have time to watch a video past the TLDW, read an article past the headline, or confirm sources in general just go ahead and disregard the content in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

https://youtubetranscript.com/

If you look through my history and see any comments on a post that's a link to YouTube, I most likely used this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Why do you think there's always a comment summarizing video being little 'bailty, because it is a freaking waste of time. 5sec comment summarize a 12min! If summary is engaging, I would watch the video but most of the time, I don't.

yes, sorry youtuber that you have invested 5000$ in this streamer gig and you copy-cat ikea-youtube-room

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you input a video into ChatGPT though. Could just do the transcript but a brief description to ChatGPT won’t allow it to grasp the context enough.

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

You can ask it to summarize the transcript in less than 5 sentences

[–] rob_t_firefly 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And what you get may or may not be unrelated autocomplete garbage.

ChatGPT is not for important things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's usually fine enough to generate a summary for social media use.

As long as you're careful with your prompts, reducing or even eliminating hallucinations is very doable.

[–] Feathercrown 2 points 1 year ago

Also you can't always easily watch videos at work