why I prefer text for discussion of significant topics

[darkoshi]

A few of my videos on Youtube continue to get occasional comments long after I uploaded them. For instance, the ones where I discussed dysthymia. Some of the comments really make me curious as to what I specifically said in those videos. Comments such as:

"Every word you said sounded exactly what I am going through"
"You describe the whole thing perfectly."
"Great testimony. You explained things very well, and I relate completely"
"Hey, this really rang a bell with me. I've been thinking along the same lines, too, and I really think there's some truth in that "fantasyland" you were talking about.",
"You and I could be the same person, everything you described is me to a tee. "

But the only way for me to remember what I said in the videos, is to watch them again. I keep thinking I should transcribe them for my own reference. Maybe I'll finally do that. Maybe I'll see how good the automatic closed captions are, and see if I can copy & edit them.

If I had made it a text post to begin with, instead of a video, I wouldn't have to spend time watching and transcribing it. I could simply bring up the page and see the words. I probably would have been able to compose and articulate my thoughts better, too. But oh well. Videos seem to reach more people and get more comments, than text posts along the same lines. So videos have their benefits too.

If I compose text and then try to read/speak it in a video, rather than ad-libbing, I feel totally awkward and silly. Besides being self-conscious about what I've written, it also seems fairly pointless to make a video, rather than simply posting the text.

Comments

[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

That's how we became lj friends. I think video can add something by being able to see the way things are said, body language at the time, etc, but I also prefer expressing myself in words rather than speech. I've never tried the videos of myself thing.

[darkoshi]

Oh, that's right! I forgot that's how we met. :-)