Suggestion: Include channel ID + human-readable time stamp + comment numbers.
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HT-7 commented
Here are some ideas inspired by ExportComments.com (a competing website):
- Both the website and CLI should offer the option to include channel ID of each comment, because the channel display names can change, while the channel ID is a clear identifier.
- For convenience, there should be a timestamp in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format in addition to the existing two time informations (relative time, Unix time code), which would make it more human-readable.
- Numbered comments for easier navigation and orientation. On ExportComments.com, the example number 139-7 is the 7th reply to the 139th comment)
Side note: One year ago, I would also have suggested to add support for channel discussion pages, but every discussion page of a channel with >1000 subscribers has been wiped out anyway, so no hope.
Your tool is very useful for downloading comments and uploading them to Archive.org for historical preservation. Thanks for creating the tool!
I hope you will consider implementing these useful parameters.