SMH Post # 3: More is less?

My biggest criticism with the Sydney Morning Herald is that they seem to go by the philosophy that if they inject as much multimedia and web 2.0 features as possible then this makes the website a better read.

I believe this is not the case. Many times I simply want text. Usually if i want to view a video i will search specifically for it myself in youtube. Often their videos are at the top of stories and this means i have to navigate past these elements (also pictures) to get to the text of the story. This is complicated and takes time. 

It seems like just a tactic to get more hits on the multimedia and make more users regularly view this content. However, I can say that from my point of view it makes my use of the website more frustrating.