DeArrow - A Browser Extension for Better Titles and Thumbnails
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DeArrow is a browser extension for replacing titles and thumbnails on YouTube with community created accurate versions. No more clickbait.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19421887

DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

“Clickbait” isn’t the exception anymore, it’s becoming the norm. Many have even started going through their entire backlog, changing old titles and thumbnails to be more attention grabbing and vague.

It’s no one’s fault. It’s a system that creates a race to the bottom.

DeArrow hopes to stop this cycle. It’s time to return to a more peaceful experience.

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
    9·
    4 months ago

    I’m amazed that YouTube doesn’t try and do this somehow.

    They do. They even give the creator statistics on which thumbnail generated more clicks (completely ignoring other factors so it’s a misleading metric anyway).

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      62·
      4 months ago

      There’s no active a/b testing though. The creators have to specifically change the thumbnail for everyone at once. From what I understand.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        No they can a b test so some people will get one version and other people will get the other version and whichever version becomes the most popular is the version that everyone gets.