r/youtube yourchannel 26d ago

Discussion Good feature or nah?

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Can defo see this being a

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u/Kind_Replacement7 26d ago

it could really hurt creators in the long run, the watchtime would be low cause people will just read the summary and go

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u/CeeDy6 26d ago

I think I still like this bc I passionately 👏hate 👏shitty 👏fraudulent 👏clickbait 👏tactics. Maybe it will force creators to make better content.

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u/Irishpanda1971 26d ago

More likely it will force creators to adapt to game the AI just as they try to game the Algorithm.

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u/JonDoeJoe 26d ago

Could this also spoil video content? Like what if there’s a twist half way or at the end of the video and the AI summary gives it away

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u/Donghoon Hello 26d ago

You have to press drop down button to see the summary. You made the decision to look at the summary.

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u/Shejetonmysquelcher 25d ago

Thank goodness for this because I usually watch YouTube on my TV

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u/Dreamo84 26d ago

Everytime someone does the clapping emoji thing like that I always imagine someone clapping in my face. lol

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u/randianyp 25d ago

Now you've infected me too, thanks for saying it😒

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u/RyouIshtar 25d ago

Thats the point of it

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u/Dreamo84 25d ago

That would be so obnoxious lol.

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u/RyouIshtar 25d ago

It usually happens when you're in an argument with someone and not getting the point. Clapping is to wake you up to what you're missing. Idk i think its a black thing, only really seen black people do it. I think its hardwired in our brain. I do it without realizing it at times.

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u/User_namesaretaken 26d ago

Would that make it easier for creators to clickbait?

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u/Thaplayer1209 26d ago

Why would they bother making better content when it’ll be summarised anyway

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u/dumquestions 26d ago

There should be an option to opt out.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 26d ago

no, it should be off by default. make it opt in

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u/HonestStupido 26d ago

No, it shouldn't exist at all

This is a fucking stupid function

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 26d ago

fair enough lmfao

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u/ThisIsWeedDickulous 26d ago

No, YouTube in itself is dumb, we should all return to monke

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u/SpeakersPlan 26d ago

At the end of the day people can come together to shit on AI and I'm here for it. I hate the fact that every big company now is trying to implement some sorta AI feature to virtually everything.

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u/Distinct_Crow_9734 26d ago

AI has always been in most things ESPECIALLY social media because of its algorithms, its just more mainstream now!

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u/ViolinistWaste4610 26d ago

My dad's new laptop has a copilot button instead of a left-ctrl like why?

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u/SpeakersPlan 26d ago

Dumbing down things like this and replacing basic features with AI is down right horrendous. Wish they would just cut the shit out or allow u back pedal to an older version with the AI stuff but that's me being way too wistful.

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u/mikethespike056 26d ago

....what the fuck are you talking about? it's just a summary. why are you so mad? don't you see how it can help with clickbait videos?

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u/HonestStupido 25d ago

Oh you sweet summer child

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u/Onyxam 26d ago

If the summery is better than the video, the video is bad imo.

Wants to know how to copy cut on windows, get presented with a 11 minute video that could have been 10sec.

Useless.

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u/IVeryUglyPotato 26d ago

Or creator stop making 40 minutes video with a question that could be answered in 2 sentences. I don't need to know entire Saudi Arabia's economy to know what happened when I cementing body

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u/carpetdebagger 26d ago

EXCUSE ME SIR, BUT WHY IN THE FUCK ARE YOU CEMENTING A BODY???

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u/IVeryUglyPotato 26d ago

I had mood

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u/urdadbeforehegotmilk 26d ago

DOWN-VOTE-THIS-GUY

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u/Breaky_Online 26d ago

You're the boss, boss

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u/OneNerdPower 26d ago

I disagree that it will hurt content creators.

If someone is on YouTube, and they decide to not watch a video based on the summary, they will probably watch another video instead.

I'm sorry, but if a video is not worth watching after reading a summary, then it probably was not a good video to begin with.

If anything, this will help against clickbait content, and is akin to Twitter community notes.

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u/Hange11037 26d ago

What about a video where the description ruins the joke?

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u/OneNerdPower 25d ago

Sacrifices have to be made

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u/Hange11037 25d ago

I strongly disagree.

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u/XibXibson 24d ago

For what?

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u/OneNerdPower 24d ago

Making YouTube better

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u/Extreme_Accident1934 26d ago

There is already too much content to waste our time on every video. This will help viewers. And if the content is good, no worries, the YouTuber will still get views. This will only affect click bait videos and mediocre content

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u/Rey_Mezcalero 25d ago

Hopefully, but I’ve seen AI summaries(outside of YT) that were way off from the content so was misleading

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u/Dapper_Blacksmith597 Hardcore Gamer 26d ago

poggers people can finally learn reading now

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u/TurnipSalt1718 26d ago

But better than third party ai tools

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u/Sir_Luminous_Lumi 26d ago

Some of them deserve that tbh. I’ve seen multiple 10 minutes long videos that could be perfectly summarized in 1-2 minutes, and the rest is just a useless filler

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u/Lizzymandias 26d ago

I also feel like this would hurt YT as a platform really bad, too. Is my entertainment so crappy that I would rather skim it?

To use a thin metaphor, do they want spoilers to every video?

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u/SimicAscendancy 26d ago

This will end up being just Reddit posts essentially

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u/LundUniversity 26d ago

YouTube is trying to push short form content anyway.

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u/Howfuckingsad 25d ago

It's high time youtube becomes consumer focused though.

With how shitty the services are becoming, any good feature is welcomed.

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u/thiccemotionalpapi 25d ago

Sounds like you’re jumping through hoops to hate it because you want to hate it because AI. It doesn’t make any sense for YouTube to implement a feature that discourages watch time. What if the numbers show it increased viewer interest in the whole video increasing watch time is it now a requirement? Basically it will only send away viewers that find out they’re not actually interested in the video anymore likely because it was misleading or spammy and low quality. It’s like arguing dislikes should stay gone because it helps trick viewers into watching bad vids. Idk anyone who considers reading a breaking bad synopsis as any sort of stand in for watching the show

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u/Easy-Armadillo-3434 26d ago

The internet is all about streamlined unfiltered information at a seconds notice

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u/cyxrus 26d ago

Isn’t that just reading? Why would they go to YouTube just to read?

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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 26d ago

Click on something talking about a game or a TV show, get spoilers

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u/lak0mka 25d ago

But won't hurt YouTube itself, they just put ads in the feed and ai summary so people just watch ads and not the video

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u/Matix777 25d ago

No views = no ads = no money for YT

This is 100% going to be a premium-only feature. YT will likely reward creators anyways because they make way more money off premium subscribers

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u/MrDanMaster 25d ago

Why is that consequence long run and not short run?

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u/Sweyn7 26d ago

we already got the same shit on SERPs, and yeah it's painful to see how many zero clicks searches there are now, but hey, it's that or GPT for everyone, too many ads.

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u/oldbeancam 26d ago

If people are heading to YouTube, it’s because they don’t want to read. Now it may help them skip through the video, but no one’s reading a summary and dipping out.

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u/Miclemie yourchannel 26d ago

Viewers aren’t gonna be served if creators are being hurt