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[โ€“] [email protected] 120 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

I think you could happily live your life not knowing who he is. I will say that he's a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

On that note, there is this browser extension

https://dearrow.ajay.app/

DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

It's nice because it will affect all the videos equally. I didn't want to use it initially because it was messing with my ability to remember which videos I had already seen. I might give it a try again since people keep changing video thumbnails now

[โ€“] kalleboo 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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