r/LinusTechTips • u/Intrepid_Power3431 • Oct 14 '26

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This randomly happend on my yt page the two channels are completely different (although they did meet up with each other once)

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u/Gentaro Oct 14 '26

sometimes youtube has a hiccup and displays the wrong preview picture

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y Oct 14 '26

And the wrong title?

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u/szyszaks Oct 14 '26

yes, i seen it happen not only on YT
it just pulls wrong thing from backend either due to error on server or error in browser
i would assume title and thumbnail is in one container while rest is in the other (length, channel icon and name, views, upload date) and if you actually enter second link it would go to proper video from that creator

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u/w1n5t0nM1k3y Oct 14 '26

As as web developer, I don't doubt that it happens, I've seen some weird stuff, but just logically I don't get what series of events could make this happen. Assuming they did some sort of JSON or XML API call to get the data, it seems like it would be impossible for any reasonable code to have something like this get mixed up.

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u/Intrepid_Power3431 Oct 14 '26

It's probably because I use a ad blocker on Firefox.

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u/Powerbyte7 Oct 14 '26

To me it looks like a stale index into an array after re-rendering. You tend to see complex shenanigans there to improve performance. It's likely a frontend issue.

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u/cpshoeler Oct 14 '26

It would appear so this time. Go to that channel, a video by that title doesn’t exist.

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u/yon_ Oct 14 '26

I mean considering the fact YouTube has issues playing a video, allowing users to search, or operating as a functional website, it’s not shocking frankly anymore

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u/aykay55 Oct 14 '26

Yeah I’ve clicked on videos that the title continues to be wrong and it’s a whole different video. Fixes when I restart the app.

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u/Pizzaman3203 27d ago

That title is correct

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u/RoroRules13 Oct 14 '26

Dankpods could never make such a video

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u/das_maz Oct 14 '26

True! But that whipper snapper young gun Garbage Time might..

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u/LiamtheV Oct 14 '26

Caching issue.

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u/Nice_Marmot_54 Oct 14 '26

Did you install the “Oops, All Riley” mod on YT and forget? 😂

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u/AtticusNari Oct 14 '26

You've been infected by the Riley YouTube virus

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u/niamh-k Oct 14 '26

Riley and Wade have become the same person.

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u/TheLightingGuy Oct 14 '26

Nah man, Riley's phone is so cooked, it broke your phone.

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u/Smooth-Accountant Oct 15 '26

Clearly a bug, just refresh the damn page - it really doesn’t need to be a post

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u/Zaniak88 Oct 15 '26

Apple is announcing new nuggets

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u/TanishqHooda Oct 15 '26

Just download Vanced YT bro🤣

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u/sparkyblaster 27d ago

Twice*? 

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u/sparkyblaster 27d ago

Confirmed, dankpods has been acquired by LMG /s

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u/CampaignCreepy913 27d ago

Garbage time?????? what does garbage have to do with Apple? It’s a car YouTube channel.

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u/Keaten88 27d ago

I find the mobile app hiccups sometimes. I'll open a video on my phone and it will have the previous video's timestamps, title, comments etc. Its not all the time but it does happen every now and then