It drives me barking mad whenever something obvious is not one click away.
A lot of late night comedy clips and various other interviews from programs like 60 minutes are frequently shared in social media. Nobody ever links to the full episode when posting these links (except maybe me). Most people have various disorders that prevent them from being able to watch a full 40-45 minute of anything randomly encountered on the internet.
While that might not happen all the time, I frequently want to see the full episode! And this is very rarely one click away. It's the most obvious thing to link to.
Let's take CBS, for example. Here is a random clip. Now, quickly, find the full episode of that clip. Yes, I know that the rest of the episode probably does not have too much relevance to that clip, but let's look at what they prioritize:
Like, Tweet, Google+, Info (which does not give the link either - only the air date), Check In (some CBS account stuff), Comments. And there is more than enough room for adding "full episode" there. In the example below, I have artificially added a link like that to illustrate that, yes, there is indeed room for it:
A lot of late night comedy clips and various other interviews from programs like 60 minutes are frequently shared in social media. Nobody ever links to the full episode when posting these links (except maybe me). Most people have various disorders that prevent them from being able to watch a full 40-45 minute of anything randomly encountered on the internet.
While that might not happen all the time, I frequently want to see the full episode! And this is very rarely one click away. It's the most obvious thing to link to.
Let's take CBS, for example. Here is a random clip. Now, quickly, find the full episode of that clip. Yes, I know that the rest of the episode probably does not have too much relevance to that clip, but let's look at what they prioritize:
Like, Tweet, Google+, Info (which does not give the link either - only the air date), Check In (some CBS account stuff), Comments. And there is more than enough room for adding "full episode" there. In the example below, I have artificially added a link like that to illustrate that, yes, there is indeed room for it:
Conan has the same problem. And most other sites. They might have link to full episodes at the beginning, but I rarely access those directly.
With YouTube, the links could be placed in the description. But this is of course not YouTube's fault - but people should still do it.
(Also, for late night talk shows, I usually only care about the monologue, but that's another matter.)
With YouTube, the links could be placed in the description. But this is of course not YouTube's fault - but people should still do it.
(Also, for late night talk shows, I usually only care about the monologue, but that's another matter.)
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