It’s getting ridiculous. There’s one youtuber that swapped the thumbnail 4 times this week just to make people look at it again and think it was a different video. The worst part is that it sort of works, I keep looking at it then remembering I saw something very similar from the same channel name yesterday.

I hate this so damn much.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I loved old YouTube, these days i hardly go so maybe I’m not getting a good perspective but it seems every thumbnail is exactly the same, some brightly colored photo of a 20-something staring off camera with a comically open mouth. Am i missing something?

    • Odigo2020@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      Not missing anything, that’s just the current style that gets the most views. It’ll eventually change to something different and everyone will adopt that new style for a while.

    • Asherah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah it’s really fucking cringey and dumb but it does work. Like, those exact thumbnails somehow get more clicks and views. I don’t get it, I don’t think I ever will, but they’re doing something right with this.