Where else can you learn about the latest flash-based browser medieval RPG starring a voluptuous red haired vixen promoting the latest in free PlayStation 2 consoles for your unwavering faith in Jesus Christ, horny singles in your area, or enlarge your thingymajiger in five seconds?

Wait, your ad had all of those?! Mine was just some silly movie. I think I'm jealous…

Am I the only person who likes text articles better than videos, podcasts, or whatever else? Not that I don't listen to / watch almost everything that comes across the front page, but there's something about a few good pages of text that I enjoy. Maybe it's that text rarely has annoying blaring music, a long intro, or (as Cody pointed out) irrelevant ads. Also it seems like audio or video… video especially… is something you have to pay much more attention to. Or maybe it's the way it is much more "natural" and easy to stop reading and return to where you left off, where anything else requires you find the pause button and then find the play button again. Also text doesn't buffer (read stall on my lame connection) or have to download (much, no nitpicking!) it's just there waiting for you. And if you accidentally close the window good luck getting your audio or video back to the same point, with text you can quickly reload and scroll back to where you were.

Yep. Always click on text things, rarely click on video/audio articles. Besides what you already said, I think it's the rehearsed voice that a lot of vidbloggers and podcasts have. I just automatically start cringing and I have to click away! Trailers, clips from things are usually fine, though.

So yeah, from now on I request, nay demand, transcripts of every non-text based thing that come across the front page. Thanks. :p

Honestly (even though I know you're kidding) I have been thinking about doing this merely because videos are hard to scan or search for information. If I ever decide to actually do it I'll make sure to post the transcripts here.

Can't process audio/video at your own speed, whether faster or slower. And often times videos are just talking about stills of other videos, it becomes ridiculous.

There are very few things where I can appreciate video content, pretty much any Bungie video as well as a lot of the work Rev3 does, especially DNews, can't get enough of it.

They are great for when I'm at work and want to chill during lunch, but not look like I'm slacking off.

I can't friggin' stand most videos and podcats. Prefer to read, but that's probably cause I'm a self-absorbed shmoe that loves the sound of his own voice in his own head.

What annoys me the most, though, are video tutorials to features in CAE programs...
Or long, forced, playable tutorials about the game-story in games...

Those two are definitely the worst.

'Segway' is a brand.

Text has certain advantages and that's why it's not going away anytime soon. But people are most adapted to seeing/hearing other people talk and it's become much easier to make in recent years so *shrugs*

You know you want them too!