We need a way to identify which floatplane video is which yt video

[RollTime]

So for those of you who aren't on floatplane, here's the HP spectre showcase as seen there:

Here's the video on yt:

The only thing that's the same is "HP elitebook showcase" and the thumbnail. The title on FP is much less clickbait-y. This makes sense. On FP, since members are paying for content, they're much more likely to watch everything LMG puts out. Additionally, there's no need to attract new members (at least through the videos themselves) since anyone seeing the videos on FP is already paying. Another useful addition on FP is the "Sponsored" tag which makes it easy to tell which videos might be a tad... biased. Here's the problem. It is really hard to tell which videos are which between FP and YT. There are some titles even more ambiguous:

 

They don't even have the same thumbnail, and I had to check they were the same video by actually playing it. As someone who consumes LMG content on both YouTube and Floatplane, I'd appreciate an easier way to compare videos on both. 

[Redicat]

Well i am autistic so i probably won't notice the 2(4) differences anyway i don't mind the clickbait it's their YouTube channel and they have a business to make and people to payout.. 

 

For me it's still easy to tell which one is you just got to spend a bit more time looking at it

 

As i am i don't mind if they'll keep it this way 

 

I see this more as a complaint than a problem you figure out which ones are the same by the Post you made now and here.

[bellabichon]

Sorry, but I don't think that's gonna happen. LMG on YouTube takes a much more 'Freemium' stance, with more exaggerated thumbnails and slightly clickbait-y titles. The easiest way would probably be to take a look at what product (etc.) they're reviewing, and compare with titles and thumbnails. My only question would be, why do you need to watch both videos? The floatplane ones are basically identical, save for no ads.

[RollTime]

5 minutes ago, Redicat said:

Well i am autistic so i probably won't notice the 2(4) differences anyway i don't mind the clickbait it's their YouTube channel and they have a business to make and people to payout.. 

 

For me it's still easy to tell which one is you just got to spend a bit more time looking at it

 

As i am i don't mind if they'll keep it this way 

 

I see this more as a complaint than a problem you figure out which ones are the same by the Post you made now and here.

 

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

Sorry, but I don't think that's gonna happen. LMG on YouTube takes a much more 'Freemium' stance, with more exaggerated thumbnails and slightly clickbait-y titles. The easiest way would probably be to take a look at what product (etc.) they're reviewing, and compare with titles and thumbnails. My only question would be, why do you need to watch both videos? The floatplane ones are basically identical, save for no ads.

I was thinking more along the lines of putting the YT title in the FP desc. And I like youtube's app better, given Floatplane doesn't have one.

[Christophe Corazza]

1 hour ago, RollTime said:

I was thinking more along the lines of putting the YT title in the FP desc. And I like youtube's app better, given Floatplane doesn't have one.

 

Why can't you simply put the YouTube url in the description of the Floatplane video (after the video is posted on YouTube obviously)?

[RollTime]

1 hour ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Why can't you simply put the YouTube url in the description of the Floatplane video (after the video is posted on YouTube obviously)?

Or that.

[LogicalDrm]

Why you watch LTT videos on YT? They are more or less same in content. FP sometimes gets some extra in content, but thats about it. Only WAN Show isn't in FP. Personally I don't see much point in this. Only for new users who would have to find titles not yet on YT. Which can be tedious when video gets stuck for months.

[yolosnail]

34 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Why you watch LTT videos on YT? They are more or less same in content. FP sometimes gets some extra in content, but thats about it. Only WAN Show isn't in FP. Personally I don't see much point in this. Only for new users who would have to find titles not yet on YT. Which can be tedious when video gets stuck for months.

If I'm on my mobile, I personally avoid the FP website at all cost. Unless I download the video they are always out of sync so I prefer to use the YT app, and with all these simultaneous release sponsored videos, I'm not really missing much these days

[RollTime]

6 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Why you watch LTT videos on YT? They are more or less same in content. FP sometimes gets some extra in content, but thats about it. Only WAN Show isn't in FP. Personally I don't see much point in this. Only for new users who would have to find titles not yet on YT. Which can be tedious when video gets stuck for months.

Agreeing with YoloSnail, I watch videos mostly on mobile and I like the youtube app.

[Sniperfox47]

19 hours ago, RollTime said:

So for those of you who aren't on floatplane, here's the HP spectre showcase as seen there:

Here's the video on yt:

The only thing that's the same is "HP elitebook showcase" and the thumbnail. The title on FP is much less clickbait-y. This makes sense. On FP, since members are paying for content, they're much more likely to watch everything LMG puts out. Additionally, there's no need to attract new members (at least through the videos themselves) since anyone seeing the videos on FP is already paying. Another useful addition on FP is the "Sponsored" tag which makes it easy to tell which videos might be a tad... biased. Here's the problem. It is really hard to tell which videos are which between FP and YT. There are some titles even more ambiguous:

 

They don't even have the same thumbnail, and I had to check they were the same video by actually playing it. As someone who consumes LMG content on both YouTube and Floatplane, I'd appreciate an easier way to compare videos on both. 

I just want to point out that the reason for the titles and icons on YouTube is for the "algorithm" that ranks and suggests content. It hasn't been a traditional algorithm in years now, and the neural network that determines a pieces's content favors clickbaity wording and bright catchy colours on icons.

 

In order to have any kind of organic growth as a channel on YouTube they have to follow these kinds of trends because if not their content doesn't get suggested to new viewers, even viewers explicitly looking for content on the video's subject.

[RollTime]

17 minutes ago, Sniperfox47 said:

I just want to point out that the reason for the titles and icons on YouTube is for the "algorithm" that ranks and suggests content. It hasn't been a traditional algorithm in years now, and the neural network that determines a pieces's content favors clickbaity wording and bright catchy colours on icons.

 

In order to have any kind of organic growth as a channel on YouTube they have to follow these kinds of trends because if not their content doesn't get suggested to new viewers, even viewers explicitly looking for content on the video's subject.

I'm fully aware. I understand they have to do this (I mentioned it indirectly). However, I'm saying I want a way to tell which video on yt is which video on Floatplane, even if it's a link in the FP description.

[CodexTech]

I do agree, but I mean you can just check the video on YouTube. But it is always convinient.

20 hours ago, RollTime said:

So for those of you who aren't on floatplane, here's the HP spectre showcase as seen there:

Here's the video on yt:

The only thing that's the same is "HP elitebook showcase" and the thumbnail. The title on FP is much less clickbait-y. This makes sense. On FP, since members are paying for content, they're much more likely to watch everything LMG puts out. Additionally, there's no need to attract new members (at least through the videos themselves) since anyone seeing the videos on FP is already paying. Another useful addition on FP is the "Sponsored" tag which makes it easy to tell which videos might be a tad... biased. Here's the problem. It is really hard to tell which videos are which between FP and YT. There are some titles even more ambiguous:

 

They don't even have the same thumbnail, and I had to check they were the same video by actually playing it. As someone who consumes LMG content on both YouTube and Floatplane, I'd appreciate an easier way to compare videos on both. 

 

[Christophe Corazza]

6 hours ago, RollTime said:

However, I'm saying I want a way to tell which video on yt is which video on Floatplane, even if it's a link in the FP description.

 

As I have suggested in a few posts above: include a link in the FP description that directs the viewer to YT. (Obviously only possible after the YT video is published.)

[Syntaxvgm]

If you're suggesting floatplane videos should have the youtube clickbait titles and thumbs, please ingest 30$ cyanide then 3000$ cyanide.

[RollTime]

26 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

If you're suggesting floatplane videos should have the youtube clickbait titles and thumbs, please ingest 30$ cyanide then 3000$ cyanide.

No, that's not at all what I'm suggesting.

(I'm fairly sure I'd only have one opportunity to test cyanide so maybe not a good pick for BuzzFeed)

I mean put a link to the video on YT in the floatplane desc, as has been mentioned.

[Syntaxvgm]

1 hour ago, RollTime said:

No, that's not at all what I'm suggesting.

(I'm fairly sure I'd only have one opportunity to test cyanide so maybe not a good pick for BuzzFeed)

I mean put a link to the video on YT in the floatplane desc, as has been mentioned.

lol. TBH I don't think they want to go back a week and edit old posts whenever the roll a video to youtube, as simple as it sounds. I really dont see the problem, but I don't watch them on YT much. 

[RollTime]

9 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

lol. TBH I don't think they want to go back a week and edit old posts whenever the roll a video to youtube, as simple as it sounds. I really dont see the problem, but I don't watch them on YT much. 

For me YouTubes app is the place where I get most of my content (I hardly ever watch stuff on desktop) and I wanted a way to tell which video was which. What I’d really like is if floatplane integrated with YouTube somehow and gave people special access (though I’m aware they won’t do this since they’re trying to build up the site).

[Syntaxvgm]

43 minutes ago, RollTime said:

For me YouTubes app is the place where I get most of my content (I hardly ever watch stuff on desktop) and I wanted a way to tell which video was which. What I’d really like is if floatplane integrated with YouTube somehow and gave people special access (though I’m aware they won’t do this since they’re trying to build up the site).

I'm sure the site will be responsive when done, and they might make an app I suppose.