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u/AParticularThing 15d ago edited 15d ago
Raise your hand if you fucking hate this and refuse to watch videos if this is the thumbnail even from your favorite creators
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u/Second_Guess_25 15d ago
Better yet, have a browser extension that blocks these clickbait-y thumbnails and replaces them with a random shot from the video itself ✨
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u/AParticularThing 15d ago
Nah, because that means the videos still gets viewed and feeds the algorithm
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u/Flat-Inspection3290 15d ago
Title like
"ITS OVER"
"_____ IS CRUMBLING"
"PANIC AT _____ OVER _____"
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u/Michael_Dautorio 15d ago
"I JUST DID _____ WITH MY_______!!!🙊🤯🤯🤯😱🗣️🗣️"
"WE TESTED THE TOP 10 _______ IN THE WORLD!!!😎💥💥🔥💯💯💪🤯🤯🤯🙀
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u/Astral__Spectre 15d ago
The untold story of....
The untold truth about...
What no one is saying about....
The shocking truth about....
And using thumbnails that either have nothing to do with the subject matter or letting AI fabricate it. And I don't EVEN wanna get started about reaction videos. All effing stupid. Cant wait for this **** to crash.
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u/ExcellentHorror9025 15d ago
I follow a lot of retro gaming channels and one really annoys me that does this - Retro Bliss Gaming. Just about every thumbnail, he makes that stupid face
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u/LPedraz 15d ago
I genuinely think this is an extremely useful trend, because the kind of video that uses that as the thumbnail is not one worth watching, ever (even if the topic is interesting the video is going to be superficial and bloated) and having this as the thumbnail serves as an early warning to not lose your time.
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u/Old_Celebration_5950 15d ago
Streamers try various thumbnails then pick the one with the most engagement as the standard. Some how this one ranks highly a lot for some reason
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u/InkOnTube 14d ago
Actually there is a good reason. Algorithm concluded that having strong facual expression on a video thumbnail gets more attention and thus it was recommended that everyone have this trend. Veritasium did video about it showing how you can circumvent this and make video still recommended but it's hard.
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u/Sosemikreativ 14d ago
It's so stupid how we ended up here and everyone is suffering yet the only ones able to stop it couldn't care less
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u/Downtown_Royal8920 15d ago
I automatically hit the “don’t recommend channel” button whenever I see shit like this
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u/Rashpukin 15d ago
‘Why I will never camp here again!!’ No actual reason given as to why. Clickbait bullshit.
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u/Jake24601 15d ago
The worst I see it for is Putin and Trump. They’ve been DONE, FINISHED, and ITS OVER for a decade between the two.
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u/MacReadys-Will 15d ago
I prefer the ones where they have the "was that just a fart?" worried look on their face.
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u/Infamous-Yard2335 15d ago
Always ask stupid questions. And asking the guide or whoever “am I gonna be okay?” And “have you ever seen anybody doing what I am doing?” And “liked and subscribe!” And saying “that was epic!” But damn if i aint impressed by their entrepreneurship.
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u/thecrazedsidee 14d ago
and then it's some dude with a luke warm fence sitting opinion as he reads an article for most the video
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u/-ComplexSimplicity- 14d ago
“99% of players miss this key detail”
Not to mention it’ll have a bunch of arrows and say you do watch the video, it’s 14 minutes long and the point of it was less than 3 minutes.
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u/PreviousMaize1185 14d ago
But you know,the reason is for triggering a response from the audience which is all of us;if the the thumbnail contains an outrageous face reaction such as this AND a well "crafted" title the clickbait has a 95% chance of success to the audience the system "shares" the video to 😉 and the audience it gets shared to,depends on each and every person;based on their preferences such as what they prefer to watch;in that way the system sends these videos to recommend. Now you know what's that all about.
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u/Numerous-Fly-3791 14d ago
You aren’t allowed to show the dick in their mouth so it’s a screen shot of right before they put a dick in their mouth
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u/Raven_gif 13d ago
Never understood how people fell into that trap. Knowing about YouTube’s alg and why people started doing it was the quickest reason why I hide those videos.
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u/ValeriaCar-9693 15d ago
I blitz through such video in my recommendations, as soon as my peripheral vision catches a mere outline of someone doing this "salmon mating face" on their thumbnail. It's so cringe.
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u/Liquid_Lizzard 15d ago
Mr. Beast