[Request] Like/dislike videos in the background

[mat926]

Hello I enjoy this extension. Is it possible you can make a version to automatically like/dislike videos using the Youtube API? Even when the tab is not open? Like when a new channel releases video I want to automatically like/dislike.

[elliotwaite]

Thanks for the feature request, but for now I think this feature goes beyond what I would want this extension to be used for. Also, from my understanding, I would think a like/dislike should reflect a viewer's opinion of the video content, and not be predetermined before watching the video.

[mat926]

I think a good idea is you can add conditionals before a video should be liked or disliked. Like automatically check the video title to see if it matches a regex. And make it only work with certain channels.

[Nornec]

This feature has a heavy chance to be abused to mass dislike videos. I would not think that's something worth adding to this innocent and great tool.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:37 PM leodoi3 @.***> wrote:

I think a good idea is you can add conditionals before a video should be liked or disliked. Like automatically check the video title to see if it matches a regex. And make it only work with certain channels.

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[elliotwaite]

@leodoi3, what is the beneficial use case for this feature (as in beneficial to the entire YouTube community)? I would think that a like or dislike should reflect a viewer's opinion of the content of the video, not whether or not the title matches a certain regex.

I agree with @Nornec's concerns.