edit: The extension bow allows you to see Lemmy comments on any website on the web! As long as there is a Lemmy thread with the same URL as the website one you’re on when you click the extension a popup will appear displaying Lemmy threads and comments which you can vote and reply to!
cross-posted from: https://merv.news/post/644180
A couple weeks ago I reached out to the dev that makes the Reddit Comments for Youtube extension and asked him to enable support for Lemmy. The developer was already rewriting the extension and decided to implement Lemmy support as well! Here’s the GitHub and FireFox links. It also available for Chrome iirc.
The comments appear after you select an instance in the extension’s menu on any youtube video that has been posted to any Lemmy instance with a full url without a timecode. Invidious links and Lemmy comments on invidious instances still aren’t supported but since its supported by the Reddit comments it should be possible if someone submits a PR.
I rarely ever comment on YouTube but this is a nice addition.
embedding videos directly to lemmy via peertube would be the real deal. It fix the problem of hosting videos by the instance, Leemings get videos and peertube get users and viewers. It’s a win win.
The biggest thing I’m looking forward to in the fediverse is integration like this, I’m not tech savvy enough to know if it’s viable but open source software that’s designed to communicate with other instances feels like a perfect place for things like this to develop.
Ikeeo seeing things on Peertube, Lemmy and Masterdon that would suit integration with eachother, particularly when it comes to showing the Lemmy comment system under other parts of the fediverse.
I’m too old. I still live by the mantra “Never scroll down on a youtube video. There be trolls.”
Is this built into Freetube?
YouTube became weirdly positive and fake a while ago, I actually think the mega cesspit of YouTube comments hasn’t been reality for a few years now.
I can’t tell if that’s because the Gen Z online communication style is to celebrate everything, which is nice, or because there’s an algorithm in place somewhere to make the comments more marketable, which is lame.
It used to be the case that YouTube comments were one of the lowest forms of communication known to mankind. It isn’t anymore, not for several years now. There actually are sometimes some intelligent insights displayed prominently there. I suppose they probably changed their algorithm somehow.
facebook takes the cake now. just trying to talk about the fallout tv show is torture. so many people complain its woke for having a woman protagonist
Hey, that’s my comment! I’m a celebrity now!
I’ve been saying for years that Invidious needs to support comments. Glad there’s finally a free world option.
I’m not keen on browser extensions though. Is there a manual way? Is it a matter of searching a particular Lemmy instance for the video ID?
Maybe they will support Lemmy comments after seeing the code for this extension. Here’s an open issue about it on the invidious github: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4331
Lemmy just keeps getting better and better.
