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by 21 2695 days ago
Yeah, I probably visit YouTube to read the comments.

And Giphy.com to admire their logo.

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I visit YouTube on rare occasions because I can't find anything else telling me how to do something. The first thing I do is to read the video description and comments looking for a summary, and not actually watch the video. I detest having to watch long video how-tos, as, among other things, it prevents simple side-by-side comparisons and looking at multiple steps simultaneously. Take the work you put into making a good video and use it to make an actual diagram for your diy instructions instead.
I used to go to CNN to read the news before they started autoplaying video with ads on the top third of my screen.
I do in fact use YouTube that way: read the notes (or ideally transcript!), sometimes the comments to see if video is worth watching. There are of course cases where video can be useful (showing how to access some part of some device, perhaps) but for me mostly it's too low a ratio of info/unit time.

I do understand that not everybody feels this way.