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How have influencers impacted the software world? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Personally I don't watch videos on software (except for skimming tutorials) since I prefer to learn about topics with written tutorials or Reddit. Software influencers have been on the rise for the past several years, everything from grifters claiming they can help you start an SWE career, to ones that make tutorials and showcases on software.

I'm more interested in hearing about the later. I came across found this discussion: What can we learn from Neovim’s rise in popularity? : emacs, with comments claiming that Youtubers like ThePrimeagen have helped a lot with making Neovim popular. I crossposted it to r/neovim and many so far many users there said that they found Neovim through ThePrimeagen's videos.

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd also argue it makes it harder to use, period: something that takes me 10 seconds to read somehow ends up being a 5 minute video, of which 90% is fluff that's not related to the problem.

I've yet to land on a tutorial video that gets to the point and doesn't feel the need to waste a ton of time introducing themselves, a paragraph about what we're doing, asking me to subscribe, talking about their sponsor and so on.

I lament the death of the text-based tutorial and strongly dislike the youtube format video.

[–] andioop@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago

Your first paragraph is why I am violently allergic to video tutorials. I always dread when I cannot find any articles and there is only a video.