• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    … Many more people saw the video because they want to watch (a) video. It will have a bigger impact.

    This is the only part that matters.

    NONE of that answers any of the concerns that video as a format of record is shortsighted and transient.

    Nobody cares. Convenience matters.

    It does address the issue of LANGUAGE.

    There is no issue with language. The movement achieved 1.4 million signatures as intended despite Ross’ videos being in English.

    Writing an essay doesn’t change this either… Unless… You’re somehow suggesting that Google Translate does a good job? That would be laughable. I really hope you’re not.

    It doesn’t address the issue of ACCESSIBILITY.

    YouTube has the most accessibility.

    It doesn’t address the issue of ARCHIVAL (archiving?).

    Only if Ross has deleted the video and the video project files from his computer.

    But… Um… You do understand this initiative is more than a few videos on YouTube, right? So there’s a lot of “paper”-work surrounding it, including both written and recorded reactions to this initiative from muitiple parties.

    If history preservation is such a BIG concern for you, you should know this is more than enough evidence for some far future archaeologist to piece together what this is all about.

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      Look, I’m beyond bored with this. Like I said - I’m not going to convince anyone here, clearly. You’ve got it ALL figured out. I’ve said my piece, you can take it or leave it, and we’ll just see how the future shakes out. I don’t have to win any arguments here. I am as certain as I am that the sun will come up tomorrow of what the future with video as our primary communication medium and storage is. Maybe you’ll turn out right, somehow, against all objective evidence to the contrary. I won’t live to see the outcome either way. You do you.