Oxymoron maybe? Why would we click on things we don’t like? Try new not bad thumb and get clicks or do we all just hate ourselves and want to see the worst content ever made?
Unfortunately it’s fully supported by the statistics and multiple large channels have tried to get away from the shitty thumbnails, but those videos get significantly less clicks.
I have a similar policy. It sucks when it’s a video that I’m interested in (at least due to the title) but I refuse to follow along with this stupid trend.
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YouTube thumbnails are cancer
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Why the hell i hadn’t heard of it before? Will check it out later
Edit: The video above after the addon, i’m fully in!
Dearrow is a work of a genius. Speaking of Ajay, SponsorBlock is great too.
It’s one of the best ways to avoid stupid shit.
The only reason they’re that bad is cause it’s what people click on. I do agree they look terrible but it’s what draws people in.
Oxymoron maybe? Why would we click on things we don’t like? Try new not bad thumb and get clicks or do we all just hate ourselves and want to see the worst content ever made?
Unfortunately it’s fully supported by the statistics and multiple large channels have tried to get away from the shitty thumbnails, but those videos get significantly less clicks.
We can hate it, but it works.
They are cancer, cuz they grow on you, whether you like it or not
I refuse to watch videos with a thumbnail showing an open mouth.
I am proud of you
Or enlarged eyes
Or Linus Sebastian
I’m sorry, but Pitch Meeting is brilliant.
Then they should get brilliant thumbnails
I have a similar policy. It sucks when it’s a video that I’m interested in (at least due to the title) but I refuse to follow along with this stupid trend.
Bear with me but maybe its the fact that this dude looks like jaws from that bond film…
what kind of thumbnails are you seeing?
I see a good lookin guy pointing at a Black box.