DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails
Crowdsourcing titles and thumbnails to be descriptive and not sensational
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4.31
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Removes clickbait thumbnails and titles
- Helps find videos that are better aligned with user interests
- Customizable settings for user-generated titles
- Free to use with optional donations
- Improves viewing experience by reducing sensationalism
Cons
- Replacement titles often awkward or overly complex
- Can remove context from original titles
- Issues with app permissions and functionality turn off the extension randomly
- Users often submit poorly worded titles
- Bugs with playlists and thumbnails
Most mentioned
- Replacement titles are frequently not improvements
- Randomly turns off or has permission issues
- Some users are satisfied with the results but others find it problematic
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-11-04 |  | | en | You are successfully registered for free access. You will be notified when free access is granted. |
| 2024-10-29 |  | | en | So far it seems to be removing those awful YouTube gaping-mouth face thumbnails and arrows, such a cliche they are. So am happy with it. Thanks and rgds. |
| 2024-10-26 |  | | ||
| 2024-10-25 |  | | en | @Gofer click extension> click "replace title" toggle. |
| 2024-10-19 |  | | en | Yet another review pointing out that the replacement titles (and occasionally thumbnails) are often pretty bad. For some examples: A video about competitive Generation 1 Pokemon's OU (OverUsed tier) having its title changed from "Recent Developments in RBY OU" to "Discussing New RNG Discoveries, Additions, and Viability Shifts in RBY OverUsed". The new title stretches the "Developments" to several words for no good reason (titles getting longer but not actually saying more is a big problem with this extension) and doesn't even explain what "RBY" is, which is a part of the original title that *could* be confusing to some. In another case, "One Drunken Mistake Destroyed Finland's Scummiest Hacker" to "Explaining the story of Julius Kivimaki of Lizard Squad, and how he got caught". While the changed title succeeds at making it less clickbaity, it removes context. I don't know Julius Kivimaki or what a Lizard Squad is. The new title gives me less information about the video. These are just two examples out of hundreds. And yes, you can downvote the bad titles and upvote the ones you like, but at that point you're engaging an endless uphill battle with people making these titles instead of having the extension actually improve your YT experience. Good in theory, doesn't work out in practice. |
| 2024-10-09 |  | | en | It's about a 50/50 as to whether the replacement titles are a descriptive improvements or just dull. DeArrow titles can be long winded doorstoppers and they can be overly concise and utterly generic. And frankly if a DeArrow title makes anyone click on a video they wouldn't have clicked on otherwise then that is a bad thing because the uploader doesn't deserve the increased viewership. |
| 2024-10-06 |  | | en | I'm using the "Default to Original Video Information" option. Every couple of videos, I get one with no button. |
| 2024-09-29 |  | | ja | このアプリはYoutubeが出す広告をブロックやスキップするものではありません。 Youtuberは再生数を稼ぎ収益を増やすためにより目につきやすい派手なサムネイルやタイトルを動画につけてきました。中には視聴者を騙して再生させるような悪質なものもあります。 そんな過剰に派手なサムネイルや優良誤認ミスリードを誘発するような動画タイトルを皆で投稿し、より良いものへ変更するアプリです。 同作者が手掛けるSponserBlockと同様日本での普及率は低いものの一部の日本の動画やある程度再生数のある海外動画を見るとタイトルが簡潔なものに変更されサムネイルも同様に動画を表現するのによりふさわしいと思われるものに変更されます。 任意で作成者へ寄付が行えますが基本的に無料で利用できます。 |
| 2024-09-28 |  | | en | I think this is gonna be really good for me, but I would like it if DeArrow didn't change lower case letters to upper case in the start of every single word. |
| 2024-09-25 |  | | en | It's exactly what I expected, with one exception: Some perfectly reasonable, non-clickbaity videos are getting their titles reworded in weird, unnecessary ways, making the searching experience a bit clunkier than it could be. Still, it's definitely an upgrade from the sensacionalist bleh that we had. A suggestion: Enforce some slightly more solid guidelines on what constitutes a clickbait title. |
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