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[-] miz@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

when it's a youtube link, it often helps scrollers to know the channel name or creator:

Nukes are way scarier than you think | Channel Name

or something like that, otherwise it means opening in a private window to check

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

I always make sure to do this, with the channel name in brackets at the front, and I would appreciate others doing it too.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it would be kinda cool if hexbear itself could display the channel name alongside the post... but I guess we need to get thumbnails working before higher aspirations like that

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

huh, i didn't know hexbear didn't do that, we get this:

on grad
so you can hover over the channel image to see what channel it is

[-] TauZero@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

Btw, if someone wants to check the channel name to decide whether to open it in a private window, and you don't have embeds blocked in some way, by the time you see the screenshot it's already too late and Google knows you were interested in it.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

image isn't loading for me, and I can't seem to upload images right now myself

I think something's broken

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago

fair, I'll try to remember :)

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wish Lemmy would just buy a youtube API Key and implement this as a feature, long with video duration.

[-] LargeAdultRedBook@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

This would inevitably get blocked due to people spinning up instances all using the same key. Maybe individual admins could do this.

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