@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agoYouTube is cracking down on clickbaitwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaresunzu2linkfedilink5•2 months agoYoutube literally tell their wagies they need to make click but like this ugly ass thumbnails with up-close mug shots. I am not sure what data they have to support it but I don’t click these thumbnails but mrbeastade a career off them lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoVeritasium made a video about it, his example video only performed better after switching the thumb and title to something more clickbaity.
minus-square@lepinkainenlinkEnglish10•2 months agoLTT did the same experiment. The stupid O-faces just work
Youtube literally tell their wagies they need to make click but like this ugly ass thumbnails with up-close mug shots.
I am not sure what data they have to support it but I don’t click these thumbnails but mrbeastade a career off them lol
Veritasium made a video about it, his example video only performed better after switching the thumb and title to something more clickbaity.
LTT did the same experiment. The stupid O-faces just work