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.

  • Ilandar@aussie.zoneEnglish
    77·
    3 months ago

    The way some of the titles are changed is quite funny to me. It’s like if you saw a big scary looking ghost on Halloween and then you rip the sheet off and it’s just Huey, Dewey and Louie stacked on top of each other.

    I Bought Ten of the WEIRDEST Phones EVER

    to

    Reviewing Old Phones with Alternative Form Factors

    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yeah the title change I don’t get in cases like that.

      I Bought Ten of the WEIRDEST Phones EVER

      Is a lot more descriptive of what the video is.

    • pyre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      36·
      3 months ago

      i dont think that’s a helpful change though. it’s supposed to remove clickbait, not translate to an alien language. alternative form factors? is this written by the Borg? you can call things weird, that’s not clickbait if it’s accurate.