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Because gaping mouth video clickbait is dumb. How often do you even see a video cover with someone having a closed mouth and normal facial expression?

corobo 3y ago
Presumably if you're allowed to write a blog even though it's boring etc etc you're also well within your rights to not gape all over your YouTube thumbnail.
rocqua 3y ago
These days I think about 15% of the thumbnails I see are gaping mouth. That would be easy to tweak down by stopping with watching LTT. There is plenty of space for quality and thought out content on YouTube. Especially if you don't need to make a living. The kicker to me, seems the extra time required to get production value to a tolerable point.
philwelch 3y ago
Good question. Let me scroll through my YouTube home page. This is every video where the cover image shows the presenter’s face and the presenter is making a natural facial expression. Sometimes the presenter’s mouth is slightly open because they are talking, but they are not outright “soyfacing” as it’s sometimes called. https://youtu.be/PPWzsaAwOjQ https://youtu.be/PPWzsaAwOjQ https://www.youtube.com/live/UAUg6y2UX88?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/live/UAUg6y2UX88?feature=share https://youtu.be/4sEFinMiSco https://youtu.be/4sEFinMiSco https://youtu.be/RdoKv0oojM8 https://youtu.be/RdoKv0oojM8 https://youtu.be/SbeqNFHoU_8 https://youtu.be/SbeqNFHoU_8 https://youtu.be/v7CFo0XKLmo https://youtu.be/v7CFo0XKLmo https://youtu.be/cl-lZeLu2cg https://youtu.be/cl-lZeLu2cg https://youtu.be/-eJcJq2aWq8 https://youtu.be/-eJcJq2aWq8 https://youtu.be/YEW4U9DUtrw https://youtu.be/YEW4U9DUtrw https://youtu.be/WUwJteu_FqU https://youtu.be/WUwJteu_FqU https://youtu.be/n0vLnHcz68I https://youtu.be/n0vLnHcz68I https://youtu.be/FYCV5Ot4pcQ https://youtu.be/FYCV5Ot4pcQ https://youtu.be/1NZoWqs1T_s https://youtu.be/1NZoWqs1T_s https://youtu.be/X0QuB2v5rLw https://youtu.be/X0QuB2v5rLw https://youtu.be/4FRlV70lvYk https://youtu.be/4FRlV70lvYk https://youtu.be/p3O6bKdPLbw https://youtu.be/p3O6bKdPLbw I stopped most of the way down the page. Here are the exaggerated facial expressions: https://www.youtube.com/live/CN5bnEn9YZA?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/live/CN5bnEn9YZA?feature=share (sort of an exaggerated :|) https://youtu.be/Iu7gAS4egEI https://youtu.be/Iu7gAS4egEI https://youtu.be/iQ190Bf-6J0 https://youtu.be/iQ190Bf-6J0 (the only actual “soyface” I could find) https://youtu.be/zs6sEYEzsKo https://youtu.be/zs6sEYEzsKo https://youtu.be/VOVO0Mr4n-A https://youtu.be/VOVO0Mr4n-A https://youtu.be/fpnd1OboPPs https://youtu.be/fpnd1OboPPs (borderline soyface maybe?) So that’s 16 normal facial expressions, four slightly exaggerated ones, and 1, maybe 2 soyfaces. And a much larger majority of videos that didn’t show the presenter’s face on the thumbnail at all. Edit: It occurs to me now that it’s not that easy to see a YouTube thumbnail after you click through to the actual video.

corobo 3y ago

Presumably if you're allowed to write a blog even though it's boring etc etc you're also well within your rights to not gape all over your YouTube thumbnail.

rocqua 3y ago

These days I think about 15% of the thumbnails I see are gaping mouth. That would be easy to tweak down by stopping with watching LTT. There is plenty of space for quality and thought out content on YouTube. Especially if you don't need to make a living. The kicker to me, seems the extra time required to get production value to a tolerable point.

philwelch 3y ago

Good question. Let me scroll through my YouTube home page. This is every video where the cover image shows the presenter’s face and the presenter is making a natural facial expression. Sometimes the presenter’s mouth is slightly open because they are talking, but they are not outright “soyfacing” as it’s sometimes called. https://youtu.be/PPWzsaAwOjQ https://youtu.be/PPWzsaAwOjQ https://www.youtube.com/live/UAUg6y2UX88?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/live/UAUg6y2UX88?feature=share https://youtu.be/4sEFinMiSco https://youtu.be/4sEFinMiSco https://youtu.be/RdoKv0oojM8 https://youtu.be/RdoKv0oojM8 https://youtu.be/SbeqNFHoU_8 https://youtu.be/SbeqNFHoU_8 https://youtu.be/v7CFo0XKLmo https://youtu.be/v7CFo0XKLmo https://youtu.be/cl-lZeLu2cg https://youtu.be/cl-lZeLu2cg https://youtu.be/-eJcJq2aWq8 https://youtu.be/-eJcJq2aWq8 https://youtu.be/YEW4U9DUtrw https://youtu.be/YEW4U9DUtrw https://youtu.be/WUwJteu_FqU https://youtu.be/WUwJteu_FqU https://youtu.be/n0vLnHcz68I https://youtu.be/n0vLnHcz68I https://youtu.be/FYCV5Ot4pcQ https://youtu.be/FYCV5Ot4pcQ https://youtu.be/1NZoWqs1T_s https://youtu.be/1NZoWqs1T_s https://youtu.be/X0QuB2v5rLw https://youtu.be/X0QuB2v5rLw https://youtu.be/4FRlV70lvYk https://youtu.be/4FRlV70lvYk https://youtu.be/p3O6bKdPLbw https://youtu.be/p3O6bKdPLbw I stopped most of the way down the page. Here are the exaggerated facial expressions: https://www.youtube.com/live/CN5bnEn9YZA?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/live/CN5bnEn9YZA?feature=share (sort of an exaggerated :|) https://youtu.be/Iu7gAS4egEI https://youtu.be/Iu7gAS4egEI https://youtu.be/iQ190Bf-6J0 https://youtu.be/iQ190Bf-6J0 (the only actual “soyface” I could find) https://youtu.be/zs6sEYEzsKo https://youtu.be/zs6sEYEzsKo https://youtu.be/VOVO0Mr4n-A https://youtu.be/VOVO0Mr4n-A https://youtu.be/fpnd1OboPPs https://youtu.be/fpnd1OboPPs (borderline soyface maybe?) So that’s 16 normal facial expressions, four slightly exaggerated ones, and 1, maybe 2 soyfaces. And a much larger majority of videos that didn’t show the presenter’s face on the thumbnail at all. Edit: It occurs to me now that it’s not that easy to see a YouTube thumbnail after you click through to the actual video.