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> and that can increase by a factor of 10% just by making a dumb face Think more like 20-30% — and not doing it leads to a much quicker falloff from YouTube re
by geerlingguy 5y ago
> and that can increase by a factor of 10% just by making a dumb face
Think more like 20-30% — and not doing it leads to a much quicker falloff from YouTube recommendations, where over 90% of video views come from.
I overlook dumb thumbnails when the content is actually enjoyable/entertaining/educational.
- 0des 5y agoNoting the username, are you the guy in the video?
- geerlingguy 5y agoYes.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoThere's a thread not too far from this one where people are complaining about the difficulty of cancelling subscriptions to their gyms. I'm sure the gyms use similar reasoning.
- ALittleLight 5y agoEnticing someone to try the content is different from making it difficult for them to stop paying for it. A more appropriate analogy would be if gyms noticed that having pictures of fit people in the advertisement increased the effectiveness of the ads and you were complaining about that. A face in a thumbnail has no cost to you.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoThat's a fair assessment. So I guess the question is, do we think having ads that psychologically manipulate us into doing things we would not otherwise do are not making the world a worse place? Because I feel that they are. There is a mental cost to fighting this attempted manipulation that we all have to pay.