several podcasts I listen to are starting to lean heavier and heavier into video, and I am not sure if they’re doing it because they know that’s where their audience is, or because that’s where they’d like their audience to be.
either way, it’s killing the podcasts for me — why would I want to sit and watch a podcast? podcasts are what I listen to while I do other things.
@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org
Podcasts must be two things to me to classify as such:
1- They must be primarily audio. If they also happen to be available as a video, so be it, but if any of their production doesn't work because it relies on a visual element, then it's a video chat show / essay and if I'm interested I'll watch it via PeerTube/YouTube.
2- They must be available via RSS in a general purpose podcatcher app. If your podcast is only available on Spotify and has no RSS feed to which I can subscribe, then your show is paid-for content and not a podcast and I won't listen to it.
is there more ad money in video I wonderI suspect the money aspect is a part of it, but also it's where the audiences are I guess.
One of the lads at work listens to my show - and is the sole reason I went to the trouble of setting it up on Spotify. But because they pull the show every week for copyright reasons, I ended up having to teach him how to subscribe via RSS in the iOS Podcasts app.
There's a part of me that wonders about uploading it to PeerTube as well - or instead of Mixcloud.
