Comment by LinuxBender

People visiting HN are looking for interesting bits of things to discuss and move on quickly if they do not hold their interest. If they have to context switch into video watching this detracts from their purpose of being here on this text-only site. I link to videos I think people may find interesting to talk about even if I suspect it is unlikely to start a conversation. To help them decide if I might be wasting their time I not only list [video] in the title but I also list [hours/mins] so they might give it a chance or know to skip it all together. I would honestly never expect anyone to upvote a video even if it is interesting to them as they have been diverted to Youtube and may be further distracted from returning as videos take more time than a quick scan over a text article.