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I often find myself browsing videos on different invidious instances or posts on various lemmy instances, and I would love to be able to create a "watch later" list or a "favorite" list that works across all of them. I don't want to have to manually import and export these lists between different instances, either, like I have to do on lemmy, invidious, etc.

I'm currently using a single bookmarks folder to keep track of everything, but I don't like this because it's a mess. I'd like to be able to create two or three different lists for different groups of websites, so that I can easily find what I'm looking for. For example, a favorite list for reddit, tumblr, etc, another favorite list and a watch for later list for invidious instances, and other lists for other sites.

Is there any way to achieve this? I'm open to using browser extensions, third-party apps, or any other solutions that might be out there. I would prefer a free solution, but I'm willing to consider paid options as well.

A bookmark can only exist in one folder at a time, whereas I want to be able to add a single item to multiple lists (e.g., both "favorites" and "watch later").

I believe the closest to what I'm looking for are Raindrop.io, Pocket, Wallabag, Hoarder, etc.

https://github.com/hoarder-app/hoarder?tab=readme-ov-file#alternatives

I use Manjaro Linux and Firefox.

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 2 months ago

That is literally what browser bookmarks are meant for.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Would bookmark folders suffice for organizing?

Or go retro and have a tree of bookmarks as an unordered list, with the top level of the tree as the folders or categories.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A "list of videos to watch later" can quickly become a dreaded multiple hour homework assignment. My "favorites" list on the steaming service is a graveyard of movies I thought I wanted to watch.

[–] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think that was the initial idea behind Pocket but no idea how it has developed since then.

[–] krcr@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes you can achieve this with Pocket or Wallabag, a FOSS alternative.

Wallabag also have an automatic tag feature that can add tag based on the URL, so it would be possible to make different reading lists as you suggested: https://doc.wallabag.org/en/user/configuration/tagging_rules.html

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The many tools around this are interesting. "Web clipping" I think is the generic phrase for it. I got kind of deep into it from of a desire to wrangle ADHD, and a bit of datahoarding and knowledge mapping. Omnivore is one I liked for text articles, and there's super niche applications like Zotero.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

I like to use Hypothes.is for annotating stuff I read in depth

[–] GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I was gonna say Pocket does this pretty well. You just have to Copy+Paste links.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Organize you bookmarks? It's a simple folder hierarchy, not rocket science.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 2 months ago

Save the videos, put them on a NAS and use a fancy frontend like Infuse to view your collection.

[–] soothing_salamander@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

You could save them to an RSS Reader

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Couldn't you simply use search-word filtering on the bookmarks?

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Just write the URL down on a piece of paper. Break it out when you have some time to kill.

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A text file(s) with a list of links. Use LibRedirect or some other redirector extension to redirect the links to the instance of your choosing, just change the redirector when you want to change instances.

Also- Couldn't you add 'groups' to your current setup by just creating folders in your existing bookmarks? (assuming you're using bookmarks that are baked into your browser)

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I use tabs on Firefox and move the websites/videos that I want to read/view later on a specific tab.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

not sure what you mean by across different websites but imdb and letterboxd do this or any todo list app.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

StuffToWatch.txt