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I don't even know what you're trying to convey: I'm countering the perception that every channel does this. But it isn't true, they've simply allowed themselves
by debugnik 2mo ago
I don't even know what you're trying to convey: I'm countering the perception that every channel does this. But it isn't true, they've simply allowed themselves to have a disgusting feed.
The "players" can do whatever, I don't care, because I don't watch them; they barely even show up on my algorithmic feed anymore. No one has to watch them, they simply chose to and then pretend they didn't have a choice. I just want people to own it, these channels do clickbait because many people like it.
- LollipopYakuza 2mo agoMy point is simply that you might have habits that made you filter out those channels, but the stats show that using clickbait thumbnails and titles has an impact that tremendously change the views. Youtube creators are spending sometimes 1/3 of the time of production of a video on the thumbnail, with a dozen of variations in A/B testing. They have to optimize because the basic user decides in the first 5 seconds if they will continue watching. And Youtube punishes content creator if they notice that those users don't stay more than those few seconds. I believe the vast majority of the creators (the "players") hate having to resort to those, but they just don't have a choice if they want it to be sustainable.