Community notes, but for video
Platform community notes (X, TikTok Footnotes, YouTube's video context notes) attach one public consensus note per video, written by invited contributors. Vid Receipts pins many timestamped receipts per video, one per moment, each one you can keep private, share with a team, or publish as a feed.
You're watching a 20-minute explainer and three separate claims need a source. On X, TikTok, or YouTube you might get one community note on the whole video, if a note clears the bar at all. The other two claims pass without a mark.
Those platforms ship community notes now, and the idea is a good one: viewers add sourced context, and a bridging algorithm surfaces the notes people who usually disagree both rate helpful. The limit is the shape. One public note per video, written by an invited contributor. Vid Receipts keeps the instinct and changes the shape.
A Vid Receipts receipt is built for more than one job
A platform note does one thing well: put a single public correction in front of every viewer. A Vid Receipts receipt covers the rest of the page, and it doesn't have to be public to do its job.
Start with what's in a receipt. Vid Receipts pins a rich note to one second of a video: formatted text, images, GIFs, document attachments (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, so you can pin a paper, a slide deck, or a spreadsheet), and embedded clips from YouTube, Shorts, TikTok, or Reels that embed on paste. Every tier gets unlimited receipts and unlimited storage, 25 MB per file.
With Vid Receipts you choose who sees it:
- Keep it to yourself. A free account has a private draft feed that stays on your device. Pro adds a private feed that syncs across your devices, for personal research and bookmarking. Nothing leaves until you choose to share it.
- Share it with a team. Custom feeds let you invite specific people or groups, each with their own permission level. A custom feed can go global so it appears across every video, and it can be discoverable and subscribable. Study groups, research teams, and creator collaborations live here.
- Publish it. Post to a public feed, and the community votes each receipt up or down in the open.
And a long video earns more than one of these. A quote at 3:47 and a stat at 12:10 each get their own receipt, pinned to the second, instead of competing for the single slot a platform note allows. Playlists let you curate videos plus your receipts on them, the way you'd build a course.
A fair scorecard
| Feature | Vid Receipts | Platform community notes (X / TikTok / YouTube) |
|---|---|---|
| Notes per video | Many, one per moment | One consensus note |
| Who can write | Anyone with an account | Invited or vetted contributors |
| Pinned to a specific timestamp | ||
| Private, team, or public | Your call, per feed | Public and official only |
| Rich media in a note | Text, images, files, embedded clips | Short text plus a link |
| Official placement on the video | ||
| Reach of the platform's own audience | Your feed and shares | The platform's full audience |
| Works across platforms | One platform each | |
| Cross-perspective bridging consensus | Open votes, no bridging |
Two rows go to the platforms, and they're the ones that matter most for raw reach: official placement on the video and the platform's full audience.
Where a platform note wins
A platform note has one real edge: reach. The note sits on the video itself, free and official, in front of everyone who watches, with no second app to open. The bridging algorithm is smart design too, publishing a note only when contributors who normally disagree both rate it helpful. So reach for the platform feature when the video lives on one platform and you want a single agreed correction in front of that whole audience right now.
The two layers stack well. Read the platform's one agreed note, then open a feed for the dozen moments nobody had room to flag. Vid Receipts does the second job: a timestamped note you can keep private, hand to a study group, or publish, with room for the slide, the source PDF, or the clip that proves the point. Pick a video you know well and pin the first thing worth a receipt. Make your first receipt with Vid Receipts and watch a moment become a record.
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YouTube Community Notes vs a receipts feed
YouTube Community Notes adds one consensus note to a video when people who usually disagree both rate it helpful. A receipts feed is the open companion: many timestamped notes per video, one per moment, posted by anyone and collected somewhere you can share. Use both.
Can I just use YouTube comments?
A YouTube comment wins on reach and zero setup, and you can paste a timestamp into one. But it sits under the whole video, slides down as new comments arrive, and can't be voted on as evidence. A receipt is pinned to one exact second, can be voted up or challenged, and lives in a feed you can share.
Receipts
Learn how to create, manage, and interact with timestamped receipts — rich-text annotations pinned to specific moments in YouTube videos.
Voting on receipts
How anonymous upvotes and downvotes help the community validate or challenge claims and surface the most accurate receipts.
Feeds
Feeds organize your timestamped receipts into shareable collections you can collaborate on across any YouTube video.
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YouTube Community Notes vs a receipts feed
YouTube Community Notes adds one consensus note to a video when people who usually disagree both rate it helpful. A receipts feed is the open companion: many timestamped notes per video, one per moment, posted by anyone and collected somewhere you can share. Use both.
Can I just use YouTube comments?
A YouTube comment wins on reach and zero setup, and you can paste a timestamp into one. But it sits under the whole video, slides down as new comments arrive, and can't be voted on as evidence. A receipt is pinned to one exact second, can be voted up or challenged, and lives in a feed you can share.