Tournesol Extension

Open Tournesol directly from YouTube

What is Tournesol Extension?

"Tournesol Extension" is a participatory tool that enhances your YouTube experience by integrating Tournesol's recommendations in your homepage. It allows users, without requiring an account, to contribute to an open research on the ethics of algorithms and recommender systems by rating and comparing watched videos. It also provides an option to curate a rate-later list of videos. Indulge into a more meaningful YT experience while contributing to ethical AI research.

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Extension stats

By: Tournesol Association

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.82 (34)

Version: 3.6.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-01)

Creation date: 2020-11-12

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
storage
webNavigation
scripting

Host permissions:

https://tournesol.app/
https://api.tournesol.app/
https://www.youtube.com/

Size: 135.17K

Email: he*****@tournesol.app

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 15657 ▼ 49

Other rankings

#272 in Functionality & UI ▼ 2 #135 in compare keyword 5

Other platforms

Tournesol Extension (v3.6.1)

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Extension summary

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The extension facilitates using and contributing to Tournesol, a participatory research project about the ethics of algorithms and recommender systems.

See Tournesol's recommendations directly in your YouTube home page, even without a Tournesol account.
While connected to Tournesol, compare the videos you just watched to help the research team.
Or add videos to your rate-later list to compare them later.

❤️ The Tournesol project is actively looking for new contributors! -> https://tournesol.app

User reviews

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Pros

Great quality recommendations for learning content
User-friendly and practical extension
Supports a collaborative initiative for better content
Helps discover high-quality YouTube channels and videos
Inspires personal growth and collective improvement

Cons

Bugs with plugin integration on YouTube
Inconsistent functioning of buttons
Recommendations can seem biased or repetitive
Limited number of contributors affecting content variety

Most mentioned

Extension provides better quality recommendations
Has bugs that impact usability
Recommendations can be biased towards specific topics

Recent reviews

Horrible. I suspect devs + userbase are leftists, because it started showing me statist propaganda right from the start. It even has a "diversity & inclusion" hardcoded category in account settings. Avoid.