• spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What’s with the thumbnail? Videos with thumbnails like this are a sure fire way to get me to not watch it.

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      1 year ago

      It’s how YouTube content creators get recognized unfortunately. They gotta market themselves alongside their material, else they don’t get a following. Nature of the beast. I hate it too.

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        1 year ago

        I kinda figured as much. I’m sure the content is fine on the vast majority of them but when I used to use YouTube as a form of entertainment those types of videos were not my cup of tea. Perhaps there is data to suggest we are outliers.

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          1 year ago

          There’s an extension that makes all YT thumbnails generic stills from the video. I think it is called deArrow?

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      1 year ago

      I have literally never watched her videos because all the thumbnails are cringy.

      Besides I’d rather not watch a content creator that bends over backwards for youtube’s algorithm.

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          1 year ago

          IDC If people think YouTube’s algorithm is better at quantifying quality content then themselves maybe we are lost.

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            1 year ago

            It maybe isn’t for the viewers but if the channel is her job then obviously she’s going to do what will make her get more viewers and hence more money.

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      YouTube is cancer. They have made this the way you get content and likes. Creators spend hours trying to get a proper thumbnail since it has such a huge impact.

      Basically YouTube demands clickbait now.