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Why isn't it a link to the channel? Where is the description from the video which often includes the credits for the video, including writers, editors, etc? Pe
by mattl 3y ago
Why isn't it a link to the channel? Where is the description from the video which often includes the credits for the video, including writers, editors, etc?
People won't get views from this. This is taking the work of others.
- _akhe 3y agoIsn't an embed better than a link? Click play vs click a link then click play? It's embedded and says the channel name in a giant font size. The creator gets the views. > People won't get views from this Do you know how YouTube embeds work?
- mattl 3y agoNo, a link would link to the YouTube channel so it would be good as well as the embed. The creator doesn't get views unless someone clicks to play their video. Most people won't click to play the video. Also this site makes no attempt to check if a video can be embedded before displaying the text.
- _akhe 3y agoThere's a link in the embed itself too - what is your complaint? They give credit to the creator - is your complaint that they shouldn't be allowed to summarize a video in text format? Like every blog or news that ever embeds a video does?
- mattl 3y agoA small link buried in an embed widget which doesn’t even appear on every video is not sufficient credit. A YouTube video has a description field, plus a title and the channel name. All of these should be shown at the top of the page, plus video creators should be required to opt-in to this service.
- j45 3y agoThe site is meaning to keep people on the site, not send everyone to youtube. It's a different form to consume and narrow down what to watch instead of investing less time in videos that don't have the information you might be after. Many genres of videos dont really matter as much for a summary, so I'm not sure if this is super ubiquitious