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And here Veritasium already practiced an idea in this video! When I watched this a few days ago it was still called “We Need To Talk About Clickbait.” I guess t
by pininja 5y ago
And here Veritasium already practiced an idea in this video! When I watched this a few days ago it was still called “We Need To Talk About Clickbait.”
I guess that didn’t convert enough, so they tweaked the name to “Clickbait Is Unreasonably Effective,” but kept the thumbnail the same (for now).
- SimeVidas 5y agoI was actually confused for a few seconds whether I already watched this video because the title changed.
- TchoBeer 5y agoThe Veritasium channel does this with all its videos; it lets Derek test which thumbnail/titles are effective and which aren't. He talks about it in this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHsa9DqmId8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHsa9DqmId8 at about the 15:50-16:00 mark
- Leftium 5y agoVeritasium also tested different versions of the thumbnail. Here's a snapshot of when the thumbnail said "It's important; I'll explain with data:" https://i.stack.imgur.com/XuUES.png https://i.stack.imgur.com/XuUES.png I saw the video shortly after it was released, and I thought it was ironic the video had a relatively weak thumbnail and title.
- lawl 5y ago> Veritasium also tested different versions of the thumbnail Pretty sure there automated tools that A/B test thumbs and titles and most big youtubers use them and then just add a bunch of titles and thumbs that are automatically tested.
- nonfamous 5y agoThere was a section near the end of video where the background flashed dozens of images in rapid succession. I’m not familiar with the process of setting thumbnails in YT videos - do you have to choose a frame from the actual video, and is this a trick to provide many potential thumbnails to choose from?
- Laremere 5y agoThis used to be the case but isn't anymore.