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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 4 months ago

funny. if the creator used the right side for the xenphone I might click on it.

[-] MelonTheMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe a feature request, but is there an addon that just blocks videos with shitty thumbnails or all caps? Might make the front page almost presentable.

If this extension could just hide those videos as an option, or at least flag them it might make browsing better.

[-] ajay@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

BlockTube can block videos based on keywords

[-] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh oh I wish this was available for Safari too

[-] AnAnonymousApe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That's a great idea!

[-] ox0r@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Taigagaai@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Semmelstulle@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Does anyone know how to convert this into a Userscript? I use Userscripts (a Tampermonkey reimplementation for Safari) and I did not get it to work.

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[-] onichama@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yooo that's so cool! I'm already using SponsorBlock for in-video stuff, uBlock Origin for the around the video stuff, and a Thumbnail remover (can't recall the name rn). But I think this is even better, because just the first or middle frame of a video isn't exactly capturing the essence of that video.

[-] ajay@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Clickbait remover uses YouTube’s auto generated ones, which while are seemingly random, are not. They use some algorithm to target faces in exaggerated expressions.

DeArrwow uses actually random ones (and then a user can submit specific timestamps if there is a better one). It’s noticeable better on many channels imo. It also let's us do things like make sure the random thumbnail is not in a sponsor using SponsorBlock data

(I made DeArrow)

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[-] donotthecat@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

This feels like, IMHO, trying to put out a forest fire with a single bucket of water. Instead, we should have a platform that does not encourage making titles and thumbnails completely unrelated to the video's content.

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[-] weLookAbove@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing!

[-] IverCoder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And then there's that extension that puts Mr. Beast's signature clickbait grin on every thumbnail

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