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I don't buy the argument that it disrupts conversation flow. I took a look at the long thread at A VC and it was easy to scan and play video clips if I chose to. I didn' t have to play them at all if I didn't want to and still could follow the conversation easily.
I also don't buy the argument that video = rambling. Text does not mean the reply will be a better value. Either can provide value to the conversation or be completely useless.
watch) a video comment. But some people might actually feel more
comfortable expressing themselves in video rather than text. And as
you point out, text comments can be long and rambling and poorly
focused as well. I don't see video as an option being that huge a deal
really.
sense for comments than it does for posts. It's good for quick
thoughts or messages, but not for longer-form (unless you are
spectacularly interesting).
other people) that it's in the works, along with trackbacks.