It’s getting ridiculous. There’s one youtuber that swapped the thumbnail 4 times this week just to make people look at it again and think it was a different video. The worst part is that it sort of works, I keep looking at it then remembering I saw something very similar from the same channel name yesterday.

I hate this so damn much.

  • the post of tom joadEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    I loved old YouTube, these days i hardly go so maybe I’m not getting a good perspective but it seems every thumbnail is exactly the same, some brightly colored photo of a 20-something staring off camera with a comically open mouth. Am i missing something?

    • Odigo2020English
      4•6 months ago

      Not missing anything, that’s just the current style that gets the most views. It’ll eventually change to something different and everyone will adopt that new style for a while.

    • AsherahEnglish
      4•6 months ago

      Yeah it’s really fucking cringey and dumb but it does work. Like, those exact thumbnails somehow get more clicks and views. I don’t get it, I don’t think I ever will, but they’re doing something right with this.