GAgasull·May 5, 2026Submission
DeArrow: Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube
4 points · Open discussionajayyy
DeArrow
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ajayyy / DeArrow
DeArrow
Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube
4Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
2.4KGitHub stars
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What it is
Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesThis is what I use DeArrow for, crowdsourced titles and thumbnails (from the maker of SponsorBlock): https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow
In How and why to take a logarithm of an image [video]ublacklist works with many search engines. A little bit of very easy effort goes a LONG way to cleaning up your results.
https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist
And here's two bonus things you need if you make use of youtube
Sponsorblock. As it says on the tin, automatically skips sponsor sections.
https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
Dearrow. An open source and crowdsourced tool replace youtubes stupid fucking clickbait title cards, and replaces many titles with better ones. You can contribute!
https://github.com/ajayyy/DeArrow
In Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search usersDeArrow: Crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube
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