But how would you know before watching?
“Based on the upvotes and comments” Oh then others doing the work to watch it and rate it on lemmy for you.
Imo, when a link to a video or forum or whatever is posted, then at least a summery or a discussion should be included.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 38 minutes ago
That is what Lemmy is for. Sometimes you will take the risk and watch the video and comment, if it interests you more.
Other times you’ll let others do it for you, or skim over it if it interests you less.
That’s how I use Lemmy anyway.