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I hate the new trend where they make ridiculous faces on the thumbnails. I know they’re doing it because it must be increasing engagement, but it’s so annoying.
by impish9208 3y ago
I hate the new trend where they make ridiculous faces on the thumbnails. I know they’re doing it because it must be increasing engagement, but it’s so annoying.
- noman-land 3y agoThis has been a trend for like 10 years already. Yes, it annoys me too but they apparently have the numbers to prove it gets more engagement, which is even more annoying.
- pcdoodle 3y agoI wonder if it's more engagement due to impressions or people actually click on dumb looking faces more often.
- sphars 3y agoIf you're able to install extensions, this one[0] removes the clickbaity thumbnails and titles using crowdsourced data. It's from the same developer of SponsorBlock [0]: https://dearrow.ajay.app/ https://dearrow.ajay.app/
- rchaud 3y agoNew trend? This is YT's original sin: allowing uploaders to use any image as a thumbnail, instead of picking a frame from the video.
- pimlottc 3y agoCustom thumbnails weren't a feature on YouTube until maybe 2010 or so. Before that, they had to be a frame from the video, and originally you couldn't even choose which frame. So I wouldn't exactly call it an "original sin".
- Havoc 3y agoIt’s less a trend and more that yt rewards it. Not sure if that is actively rewarded by algo or just organic but I recall when it started some YouTubers being reluctant but did it anyway because it worked. Think some even semi A B tested it
- reportgunner 3y agoI have been blocking all images on youtube via uBlock Origin for the past 5 years, it's been great.