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Mark Darbyshire

I'm curious, how do you prefer to consume information online?

Would be amazing if you could boost for improved statistical rigour and all that jazz. #poll #content #information

Anonymous poll

Poll

Text and images
5,027
90.5%
Video
312
5.6%
Audio
109
2%
Other (please explain)
107
1.9%
5,555 people voted.
Voting ended 2 Dec 2022 at 0:50.
25 Nov 2022 at 0:50 | Open on tech.lgbt
12 comments
Mark Darbyshire

For anyone who's wondering, this poll came from me thinking about what combination of mediums would make content more accessible. Like, do you cover off more people's needs if you produce an article and a video on the same topic? Maybe even a podcast? #accessibility

25 Nov 2022 at 4:58 | Open on tech.lgbt
ahnlak

@mark I have to say, my heart always sinks when I look for information online and can only find a sodding video; I just want *words*, that I can skim in my own time.

25 Nov 2022 at 9:02 | Open on kavlak.uk
Matt Mack

@mark Very hard to speak in generalities, but essentially my ideal would be that the information is available in both written (i.e. article) and video form, BUT the video script has to be reasonably good enough to be treated like a podcast as well.

That said, I'm in maths academia and I can flat out say that some concepts are much better expressed in e.g. video/interactive/visual mediums than in written mediums, so figuring out an ideal would hugely depend on the content to be presented.

25 Nov 2022 at 9:20 | Open on aus.social
Mark Darbyshire

@matthras I agree this is a great option for many types of information. More thought and preparation required, but the end result is that the information is accessible to the widest range of people.

25 Nov 2022 at 9:30 | Open on tech.lgbt
Matt Mack

@mark In the end, gotta be pragmatic, though. Having done both there's a sheer amount of work/planning/design that goes into producing a good version of both, and in my experience it's hard enough for anyone (as an individual) to be sufficiently good at either!

25 Nov 2022 at 9:31 | Open on aus.social
Cloudmom Colette

@mark I beg of the spirits for not everything to be in video format anymore x_x

Videos can give lots of good places to start but after that they just don't do it for me. Text is the only thing for deep understanding for me

25 Nov 2022 at 9:28 | Open on plush.city
Allan Haverholm

@mark Ah. In that case maybe do the same poll with multiple choices when this one is over? 🤔

25 Nov 2022 at 11:57 | Open on imaginair.es
Mark Darbyshire

My partner is accusing me of making a skewed and highly biased poll :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

25 Nov 2022 at 5:12 | Open on tech.lgbt
Andy

@mark next time it should be a video and wav file too!

25 Nov 2022 at 5:20 | Open on tech.lgbt
evjoymoreno

@mark I like them all. Different content types for different contexts.

25 Nov 2022 at 6:40 | Open on mstdn.social
Rolf Blijleven

@mark your partner has a very valid point there.

There can't be any such thing as one preferred form of information. It all depends. On lots of different things that keep changing all the time.

Bonus points for your partner.

25 Nov 2022 at 14:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Mark Darbyshire

Thanks everyone for your really thoughtful comments. They tell a much more nuanced, informative story than this poll could ever tell. I may have opened Pandora's Box by allowing this thing to run for a week!

25 Nov 2022 at 8:59 | Open on tech.lgbt
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