bookofjoe 15 hours ago

I for one never ever click on a video link here. I suspect I'm not alone.

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  • 5555624 14 hours ago

    You're not. I'll only click on a video, here, after checking the comments

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    • debesyla 14 hours ago

      It's interesting how HN crowd are mostly text (and text with low formatting too!) consumers. Compared to other social media, and even old school forums...

      Are we mostly l33t developers here, in love with CLI and Vim? Ha!

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      • rietta 13 hours ago

        I personally think the plain text howtos and forums of 1996-2002 were way easier to follow than the video links that come up these days.

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      • stavros 14 hours ago

        Come on, it's absurd to think that we all follow a stereotype. Some of us use emacs.

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      • bookofjoe 14 hours ago

        In the beginning was the command line

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      • wat10000 12 hours ago

        The phrase “old school forums” really does a number on me. Forums are a web thing, and the web is newfangled tech.

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  • teaearlgraycold 8 hours ago

    Why’s that?

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    • bookofjoe 7 hours ago

      Same reason I never click on YouTube links from friends: I find it annoying to have to wait to find out if I'm interested or not. On the other hand, I'll click on any non-video link someone sends me to have a look.

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