Big content creators, usually 100,000 subscribers or more, have access to tools that let them upload multiple thumbnails and titles, and give them analytics that show them how well that thumbnail or title is performing, and if switching is a good idea. While this is good for them to increase user engagement, it can also be a detriment to the viewer. I've lost count of the amount of times I've been tricked into thinking my favorite content creator has uploaded 10 videos in the same week because they've switched the title and thumbnail 10 times. Some content creators also use it to be incredibly stingy, changing it multiple times per day!
I'd like to propose a new feature, one that I'm not sure is even feasible, but I'd at least like to request it:
Every time a video listing appears anywhere on the platfrom, the video's ID along with the current thumbnail and title are added to a cache. At the same time, it does a compare action, where it compares every listed video by ID to what's in the cache. If it detects a title and/or thumbnail mismatch, one of the following would happen:
An icon would be put over the thumbnail, indicating that you have seen the video listing before, and hovering over it would make a popup appear that says "Originally:" and displays the original title and thumbnail.
It replaces the current title and thumbnail with the cached one, effectively preventing the change for you.
One or the other, depending on which method the user has chosen in the Redux GUI.
There's probably some YouTube limitation that prevents this idea, but if it's possible, then I'd love to see it in this extension as it's practically the YouTube Swiss Army Knife.
Big content creators, usually 100,000 subscribers or more, have access to tools that let them upload multiple thumbnails and titles, and give them analytics that show them how well that thumbnail or title is performing, and if switching is a good idea. While this is good for them to increase user engagement, it can also be a detriment to the viewer. I've lost count of the amount of times I've been tricked into thinking my favorite content creator has uploaded 10 videos in the same week because they've switched the title and thumbnail 10 times. Some content creators also use it to be incredibly stingy, changing it multiple times per day!
I'd like to propose a new feature, one that I'm not sure is even feasible, but I'd at least like to request it:
Every time a video listing appears anywhere on the platfrom, the video's ID along with the current thumbnail and title are added to a cache. At the same time, it does a compare action, where it compares every listed video by ID to what's in the cache. If it detects a title and/or thumbnail mismatch, one of the following would happen:
An icon would be put over the thumbnail, indicating that you have seen the video listing before, and hovering over it would make a popup appear that says "Originally:" and displays the original title and thumbnail.
It replaces the current title and thumbnail with the cached one, effectively preventing the change for you.
One or the other, depending on which method the user has chosen in the Redux GUI.
There's probably some YouTube limitation that prevents this idea, but if it's possible, then I'd love to see it in this extension as it's practically the YouTube Swiss Army Knife.