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I want a script which hides all videos which have a thumbnail of a person with their mouth open. Way too many creators have been using that now a days.

olig15 3y ago
I use this, which uses crowd sourced thumbnails from within the video https://dearrow.ajay.app https://dearrow.ajay.app works really well. Made by the dev that made SponsorBlock
- jacekm 3y ago
  I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-remover-for-youtube https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem... - it replaces thumbnail with a frame from the video.
  - franzb 3y ago
    A dumb thumbnail is a useful signal to know that I won’t want to watch the video anyway :)
huseyinkeles 3y ago
As annoying as it is, I remember a channel I subscribed to once mentioned that they did a little AB experimentation and turns out “surprised face” thumbnails do actually attract more views.
- busymom0 3y ago
  I don't doubt that at all. But that's turned into way too many creators using it as the default expression in every thumbnail. I remember visiting a true crime channel and all their videos had the same face....
- mgsk 3y ago
  Linus (of Linus Tech Tips) said pretty much that. They do the "OMG" face for a day or two, and then switch to a less annoying thumbnail.
- franzb 3y ago
  Understandable but unbearable: these aren’t mutually exclusive.
insin 3y ago
That's a planned feature [1] - we'll probably add a new item to video menus which lets you flag a channel for reaction faces, then replace their thumbnails with another frame from the video [1] https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-youtube/issues/19 https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-youtube/issues/19
Brajeshwar 3y ago
Am I on a different YouTube than yours? Or perhaps the algorithm is working well. I rarely see them. btw, instead of doing all of those, isn't it just a straight forward thing to, say, just create good content -- it will start paying off way better off in longer term, if not immediately?
- suddenclarity 3y ago
  It's not one or the other. You can create great content for retention and still use clickbait to get 10x more clicks.

olig15 3y ago

I use this, which uses crowd sourced thumbnails from within the video https://dearrow.ajay.app https://dearrow.ajay.app works really well. Made by the dev that made SponsorBlock

jacekm 3y ago
I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-remover-for-youtube https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem... - it replaces thumbnail with a frame from the video.
- franzb 3y ago
  A dumb thumbnail is a useful signal to know that I won’t want to watch the video anyway :)

huseyinkeles 3y ago

As annoying as it is, I remember a channel I subscribed to once mentioned that they did a little AB experimentation and turns out “surprised face” thumbnails do actually attract more views.

busymom0 3y ago
I don't doubt that at all. But that's turned into way too many creators using it as the default expression in every thumbnail. I remember visiting a true crime channel and all their videos had the same face....
mgsk 3y ago
Linus (of Linus Tech Tips) said pretty much that. They do the "OMG" face for a day or two, and then switch to a less annoying thumbnail.
franzb 3y ago
Understandable but unbearable: these aren’t mutually exclusive.

insin 3y ago

That's a planned feature [1] - we'll probably add a new item to video menus which lets you flag a channel for reaction faces, then replace their thumbnails with another frame from the video [1] https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-youtube/issues/19 https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-youtube/issues/19

Brajeshwar 3y ago

Am I on a different YouTube than yours? Or perhaps the algorithm is working well. I rarely see them. btw, instead of doing all of those, isn't it just a straight forward thing to, say, just create good content -- it will start paying off way better off in longer term, if not immediately?

suddenclarity 3y ago
It's not one or the other. You can create great content for retention and still use clickbait to get 10x more clicks.