All of their thumbnails are unfortunately click-baity. They spoke about ut in an older video. Apparently, the click-baity images drive too much traffic for them to justify something more subtle.
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Well that’s a thumbnail I’d never click on
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 1 week ago
ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Oh, no I totally get it. I’m well aware I’m in the tiny minority that are put off by them. It’s just the kind of illusion that once it gets broken you can no longer unsee it.
It’s the same with clickbait headlines. If it’s a question, the answer is no.
“Is this the end of Russia?”
No.
keeps on scrolling
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There’s a Firefox plugin that replaces YT thumbnails with stills from the video. It makes browsing YT so much better.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Why does this and maybe something to replace the title with just an accurate thesis statement kind of titlesounds so good to me!
ours@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Dearrow does both.
mage@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
what the shit is going on with that neon ass hair
Cort@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They let Luke bleach it on the wan show.
He’s never done it before, and took too long so some parts are ultra blonde and others are barely different.
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Doesn’t matter how good the video is if nobody clicks on it, Veritasium already made a great one about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng
sverit@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
/r/punchablefaces material
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Their video about thumbnail A/B testing was quite interesting to see. Considering how they have dedicated designers to make these thumbnails I guess that works pretty well, despite your personal opinion on it, with which I agree too.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You have to understand shit like these thumbsnails arent made for people like you and me.
They are made for the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins who are incapable of rational, independent thought. The kind that run out and put sandpaper on their windshield wipers and microwave their phones to “fast recharge” them because they saw a video that said to do that.
retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Aren’t you just such a smart, special, edgy boy
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Weird take, but you do you man.
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yes, because nothing says “intellectual superiority” quite like ranting about thumbnails on the internet…
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We should all endeavor to learn from your shining example.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Username checks out
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is why I love my username.
Cause its low hanging fruit that people who can mount no actual counter point cant resist the urge to reach for.
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 week ago
well, there are quite a lot of stupid things i did as a kid. kids just need to learn critical thinking through experience.
i would guess, that a large audience of youtube is kids: except retirees, they usually have the most free time.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Unfortunately this is just the way it is on YT now. Post clickbait thumbnails, or miss out on hundreds of thousands of views. Because that’s the way YT likes it. They don’t want to positively weight long-term high-quality content, they want to promote clickbait.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That’s the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.
Do they go back and change thumbnails after a while? LTT does focus on a lot of evergreen content as well.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
If someone cares about their view count then you shouldn’t give their content your time of day
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Quite the opposite. If they didn’t care about the view count the content wouldn’t exist in the first place. No one makes content with the intention of no one watching it, and they certainly don’t make high quality content that requires a team of people and expensive equipment.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
As part of the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins, i have to say that while i dont love thumbnails like that, i still click on the video because i know it’ll be quality
ours@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And that’s why I have Dearrow. Bye bye bait thumbnails and titles.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Problem is that these people still get views then
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
People start yt channels for a lot of reason and probably the biggest reason is money. I don’t really understand your fixation over yt channels only being passion project.