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Update README.md - max_comments is total. max_parents is only comments

Open pato-pan opened this issue 2 weeks ago • 1 comments

An example that explains that max_comments is the total including replies, and max_parents is only the comments. I only found a clarification of what this means on the discord and a Reddit post.

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Adds one more example to the youtube:max_comments extractor args. Hopefully it is concise enough

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pato-pan avatar Feb 12 '25 00:02 pato-pan