DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational
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3.99
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great extension from a trusted developer (related to SponsorBlock)
- Helps avoid clickbait and provides more informative video titles
- Decent crowd-sourced title improvement with good guidelines
- Improves browsing experience for users with specific cognitive challenges
Cons
- Relies heavily on user participation for title changes
- Might lead to overly pedantic or not substantially improved titles
- Occasional technical issues with thumbnails being displayed incorrectly
- Requires multiple confirmations before submitting title changes, which some users find annoying
- Mixed results in effectiveness depending on the channels followed
Most mentioned
- Inconsistent title coverage due to crowd-sourced approach
- Issues with new confirmation process for title changes
- Functionality impacted by conflicting extensions or loading delays
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
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| 2024-11-17 | malau | | It's by the Sponsorblock guy, so you already know it's going to be good. The only problem is it relies on people to actually make the effort to change a title - which it seems not a lot of people have bothered to do (so far). It also relies on the good will of someone who has to be the canary in the cage who watches the clickbait in the first place. I don't know how open it is to abuse ? Is there something to stop someone (or even a rival channel ?) from just trashing a channel's titles ? Anyway, a great idea, that will hopefully take off once more people become aware of it. (I only became aware of it because Sponsorblock had stopped working and I had to go to the settings and saw the button for it - so maybe a one time Sponsorblock popup would be a good idea ? ) |
| 2024-11-17 | Firefox user 13483122 | | |
| 2024-11-12 | 00yunje | | Depending on who you're subscribed to, this might not make much impact on your browsing experience. Due to titles being crowd-sourced, not every video will be equally affected. Sometimes, the suggested titles can get REALLY pedantic for otherwise perfectly serviceable titles. For example, "The History of The Simpsons Hit & Run World Records" by Summoning Salt became... "The History of The Simpsons Hit & Run (All Story Missions) World Records". Like, that's *barely* more information, and it's stuff I think most people would've assumed anyway from the original title. However, in both cases I've seen this happen, they've reverted back to the original titles soon after. (There's not even a record of there ever being a proposed title, so you're just gonna have to trust me that they were there. I know what I saw.) Generally, they make the biggest difference with channels like Kurzgesagt or Tom Scott, creators they specifically showcase in the screenshots. Titles can be a bit of a mixed bag for others, but more for the fact that not every video - that might need a retitle - will get them. The generic thumbnail replacer makes the bigger difference to me, imo. It just gives you an honest impression of what each video's gonna look like, literally. And it's nice not having to deal with the obnoxious, gaudy thumbnails people put out sometimes. Despite the occasionally questionable re-titles, I think the crowd-sourced titles are decent and in good faith. I appreciate the number of guidelines the devs put out to even propose a proper title. It sort of feels like Wikipedia - it might have its vandals, but collectively I think it's in good hands. |
| 2024-11-09 | Tyrone | | An extremely solid addon that prevents my brain (I have Inattentive ADHD) from falling for clickbait on instinct and titles videos properly for me to tell what they are (I have OCPD). |
| 2024-11-09 | David Viveros | | |
| 2024-11-04 | FoxEnjoyer | | Great extension from a great developer. I paid extra, because I have also been using SponsorBlock for years. Both SponsorBlock and DeArrow are worth every penny. |
| 2024-11-03 | Anonymous | | Edit: I don't mind if the reminder appears every single time, as long as I have to only confirm once (1 button). But, I don't care how many times the 5 confirmations thing appears, if it does, I'll just cancel. It's THAT annoying to me. While, I do like this extension. I dislike the new change of having to confirm 5 times before I can submit an altered title. This is significantly detract me from even bothering, it's too much hassle. A single confirmation should be enough to get the message across. |
| 2024-10-30 | RandomAnvil | | |
| 2024-10-28 | Hollytryx | | |
| 2024-10-28 | Firefox user 14740377 | |
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