Reviews for DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)
312 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by gorp, 7 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18715530, 7 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RainbuDeer, 7 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18714554, 7 months agoVery helpful, you thought of everything and more. I will be donating when I am able to, fantastic work from everyone who worked on this
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13483122, 8 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by 00yunje, 8 months agoDepending on who you're subscribed to, this might not make much impact on your browsing experience. Due to titles being crowd-sourced, not every video will be equally affected. Sometimes, the suggested titles can get REALLY pedantic for otherwise perfectly serviceable titles. For example, "The History of The Simpsons Hit & Run World Records" by Summoning Salt became... "The History of The Simpsons Hit & Run (All Story Missions) World Records". Like, that's *barely* more information, and it's stuff I think most people would've assumed anyway from the original title. However, in both cases I've seen this happen, they've reverted back to the original titles soon after. (There's not even a record of there ever being a proposed title, so you're just gonna have to trust me that they were there. I know what I saw.)
Generally, they make the biggest difference with channels like Kurzgesagt or Tom Scott, creators they specifically showcase in the screenshots. Titles can be a bit of a mixed bag for others, but more for the fact that not every video - that might need a retitle - will get them. The generic thumbnail replacer makes the bigger difference to me, imo. It just gives you an honest impression of what each video's gonna look like, literally. And it's nice not having to deal with the obnoxious, gaudy thumbnails people put out sometimes.
Despite the occasionally questionable re-titles, I think the crowd-sourced titles are decent and in good faith. I appreciate the number of guidelines the devs put out to even propose a proper title. It sort of feels like Wikipedia - it might have its vandals, but collectively I think it's in good hands. - Rated 5 out of 5by Tyrone, 8 months agoAn extremely solid addon that prevents my brain (I have Inattentive ADHD) from falling for clickbait on instinct and titles videos properly for me to tell what they are (I have OCPD).
- Rated 5 out of 5by David Viveros, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by FoxEnjoyer, 8 months agoGreat extension from a great developer. I paid extra, because I have also been using SponsorBlock for years. Both SponsorBlock and DeArrow are worth every penny.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Anonymous, 8 months agoEdit: I don't mind if the reminder appears every single time, as long as I have to only confirm once (1 button). But, I don't care how many times the 5 confirmations thing appears, if it does, I'll just cancel. It's THAT annoying to me.
While, I do like this extension. I dislike the new change of having to confirm 5 times before I can submit an altered title. This is significantly detract me from even bothering, it's too much hassle. A single confirmation should be enough to get the message across.Developer response
posted 8 months agoThe guidelines reminder does not appear for every submission
It appears the first time you submit, once more a day later, then three days later, then a week later, then once per month.
People have mentioned now knowing the rules thanks to this dialog so it does seem to be working to try to improve the titles being submitted
Edit: If you think it's too much effort to click a few checkmarks once a month, then yea, please don't submit. We do want people putting some level of effort when thinking of new titles - Rated 5 out of 5by RandomAnvil, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hollytryx, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14740377, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by deanohl2, 8 months ago
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 17139973, 8 months agojust kinda mid especially since you pay for it.
- Rated 5 out of 5by 3kh0, 8 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by mutie, 9 months agoI think people should be able to vote without clicking into the video. it would make the system more engaging to incentivize participation, and maybe lead to less low quality changes. Unless you are submitting, judging the quality or annoyingness of a title/thumbnail doesnt require watching it.
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posted 9 months agoA title might look correct until you watch the video and realize the video is actually about something else - Rated 2 out of 5by thib, 9 months agoIt almost exclusively work on channels that do mild and tolerable clickbait, for example Tom Scott
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posted 9 months agoThis extension is made for creators who upload good videos but with not so good titles and thumbnails. Tom Scott is a good example of that - Rated 5 out of 5by lily, 9 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Leo, 9 months agoAs someone who is possible Neurodivergent, I would like to thank you SO MUCH for this add-on
I have been using it for 1 Month now and it solve my major issues that has been plaguing Youtube!
The Clickbaits and Extremely Vague Tittles in the style of "The x situation is y" "It's Over" "The x thing you will never y" "This x thing changed my life" "Buzzword Buzzword Sloppy Clickbait" 😵💫
Clickbait? More like Click-REPEL!
In fact, a channel I used to be subscribed is more tolerable now with this addition because the Add-on tells me what the subject of the video is instead of vague posting titles and having all the freaking thumbnails being the guy's face! 😩
The Final Straw of me installing this was a video I watched with a friend online.
It was a 20 minutes long about an Xbox 360 game that stole assets from Nintendo... only for it to reveal it halfway the video it was a Fire Emblem sprite... - Rated 5 out of 5by Cameri, 10 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Hugglesthemerciless, 10 months agoJust had today's Formula 1 race spoiled because DeArrow put the race results as the thumbnail for the race highlights vid instead of leaving the original alone. Never using this garbage again.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Marc Kovka, 10 months agoThe thumbnails are sometimes bad chosen 😓 Maybe combine it with SponsorBlock's main point or most reviewed moment, etc.
Also I use Unhook (removes recommandations bar, etc.) but it conflicts 😩
Maybe also add this option to DeArrow 🥺
With all that, it would be a real 5 ⭐ extension 😁