• helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        10·
        3 months 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.

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
          21·
          3 months ago

          If someone cares about their view count then you shouldn’t give their content your time of day

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            71·
            3 months 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.

            • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
              61·
              3 months ago

              They make them because it’s fun/they are passionate

              And that makes them higher quality

              • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                5·
                3 months ago

                At a bare minimum they make them because they’re passionate about sharing with others. In which case they care about the view count. Once again, no one makes a video and uploads it to a video-sharing platform and doesn’t care who watches it.

                Having the time and money to dedicate to making high quality content makes them higher quality. If they have to work a 9-5 doing something else, and they record everything on a Galaxy S4 because they have no money, it’s bound to be lower quality or just non-existent.

                • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
                  32·
                  3 months ago

                  You need to spend more time around small channels

                  LTT is a good example of how what you’re saying is bullshit. All the money in the world but they’re still tech illiterate people making tech videos

                  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
                    3·
                    3 months ago

                    You need to spend more time around small channels

                    Which would tell me what, exactly?

                    Any you want to recommend?

                  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    1·
                    2 months ago

                    You have I have very different ideas of tech illiterate. Most of the hosts have forgotten more than I care to learn. I guess if you work very technical tech stuff 24-7 you have a higher standard.

              • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                3 months ago

                Dude, this isn’t the Youtube of 2006 anymore.

                Content creating, whether for TV, Radio, or Internet is a job.

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 months 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.

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            That’s the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.

            No, that would be rewarding creators with a long history of producing high quality content.

            • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              YouTube gives a b testing for YouTubers based on watch time, so they can tune their thumbnails to the one that gets the most watch time. The audience doesn’t always know the history of the chanel, they need to go off the thumbnail.

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
        92·
        3 months 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.worldEnglish
        52·
        3 months ago

        And that’s why I have Dearrow. Bye bye bait thumbnails and titles.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1229·
        3 months 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.

        and the sad, terrifying reality, is these mentally stunted little goblins outnumber us by margins that are too terrifying to even think about.

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eeEnglish
      191·
      3 months ago

      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.eeEnglish
        15·
        3 months 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.worldEnglish
      161·
      3 months ago

      There’s a Firefox plugin that replaces YT thumbnails with stills from the video. It makes browsing YT so much better.

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 months 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.