Peertube

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A free software to take back control of your videos

Peertube is an open, federated alternative to Youtube without advertising or tracking. On this site, you can find a good Peertube instance, with good rules, good moderation and most importantly a friendly community.

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What Are Your Thoughts on Custom Video Thumbnails? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by lofenyy@lemmy.ca to c/peertube@lemmy.ml

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kinda like dearrow? They are great. Reduces clickbait

[–] lofenyy@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In Peertube, creators have the option of using either a screenshot from the video as a video thumbnail, or they may upload a custom image to represent the video. This feature can be abused I agree, which is what dearrow fixes, but do you believe custom thumbnails can be used to enhance a video/viewers experience instead?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 11 months ago

The video creator selecting a relevant thumbnail is great.

Giving users agency so that they can use an alternative video thumbnail, especially when creators succumb to clickbait, is also good.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like them and use them all the time!

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

They're basically a must have for any video platform

[–] Destraight@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I hate them, because it's just clickbait, and misinformation bullshit