The main use is replacing thumbnail by a random or user-submitted timeframe. Titles can be converted to Sentence case to get rid of all caps words and emojis are removed. Titles can also be replaced by user-submitted alternatives.
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reddthat@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Is dearrow actually good? Does it work for small streamers?
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It would be nice if they could automatically strip “and this happened” from titles.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It really only serves to perpetuate the behaviour you’re trying to avoid cuz to the creator there’s still views coming in.
Just my two cents.
thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It often overcorrects, like not every shitpost really needs a title that sounds like a news article. But for some really clickbaity YouTubers (most) it makes the titles much more usable. The titles are submitted by users, so if the streamer is very small there might be no one to write the titles.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Tech Connections is a great example imo
“This 90s Microwave is Better Than Yours” is clickbait sure, but it’s also literally the point of the video. It got corrected to something like “review of the Panasonic yadda yadda from 1996” and like, that’s a less accurate title, guys, it’s not actually a review of old kitchen stuff lol
thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Yeah, that is annoying. But for the “You won’t BELIEVE what this microwave can do! 🤯🤯🤯” or worse the “This appliance from the 90s is going to REVOLUTIONIZE your kitchen!” at least become something that gives you some idea if you want to watch. Unfortunately some good videos are hidden behind shitty titles I otherwise wouldn’t click.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
He’s great. And active on Mastodon.
mas.to/@TechConnectify
dumbass@lemy.lol 2 months ago
It’s been a while since I watched his videos, looks like my day off is planed out.
eatham@aussie.zone 2 months ago
You can exclude channels from dearrow, do that with him
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, I’d really prefer something that supplements the titles rather than replacing them. If the title asks a question or is deliberately vague about a particular piece of information then a plugin that provided the answer (while still leaving the original title and thumbnail in place) could be useful, but as it is I shut off dearrow after a few minutes. It was just making things worse.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
id personally be up for something that replaces the main title, but still displays the original title.
314xel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmm. Interesting extension. But for me, not being a heavy Youtube consumer, think I prefer to see the original title and clickbait thumbnail so I can avoid the over-the-top clickbaity stuff easier and not waste my time or give them bastards a view.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unfortuanlty the clickbait is super effective against the mass-audiences. This makes everything else seem less favorable to the algorithm. If a channel wants to get views, they have to join in to get new viewers or they will get burried by the allgorithum. For full time YouTube’s that is financially devastating.
If people only click on “you won’t belive X”, then unfortuanlty thats what all the channels have to do. Some do it more subtle than others, but most videos names are some form of clickbait.
I get it why they have to do it, I dont like it, buts that’s current reality of how YT works. It does bother alot me is when channels complty lie in their title. There’s a difference between “STOP USING LINUX MAJOR EXPLOIT LINUX IS DEAD” and “MAJOR EXPLOIT FOUND IN LINUX”
DeArrow let’s us change both to an approiate title and we can choose to watch a video because we are interested in the topic or creator, while the creator makes BS titles in attempt to get enough views from the masses to feed themselves.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Also I don’t why so many de-arrow contributors feel the need to use the word “explaining” at the start of every title. Like “how VR has changed over the years is fine”, you don’t need to make it “Explaining how VR has changed over the years”.
kattenluik@feddit.nl 2 months ago
I absolutely prefer the latter, adding “Explaining” makes it a readable title for me that I won’t skip over.