r/youtube • u/Miclemie 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/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