You know, that is the most sketchy thing I’ve ever seen in my notifications on Lemmy. No explanation, just a link that looks like the kind of click bait hack I always avoid. What is this?
Exactly this. It’s crowd-sourced replacements for thumbnails and titles to more accurately reflect the content of the video. Only shared it because OP explained how much he realized the article was very much a click-bait title and thumbnail.
j4k3@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You know, that is the most sketchy thing I’ve ever seen in my notifications on Lemmy. No explanation, just a link that looks like the kind of click bait hack I always avoid. What is this?
Galaxy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
IIRC it is an extension for youtube that changes titles and thumbnails to more accurately reflect the content of the videos
kaotic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Exactly this. It’s crowd-sourced replacements for thumbnails and titles to more accurately reflect the content of the video. Only shared it because OP explained how much he realized the article was very much a click-bait title and thumbnail.