• Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      57·
      2 months ago

      Their video about thumbnail A/B testing was quite interesting to see. Considering how they have dedicated designers to make these thumbnails I guess that works pretty well, despite your personal opinion on it, with which I agree too.

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          That’s the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.

          Do they go back and change thumbnails after a while? LTT does focus on a lot of evergreen content as well.

            • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              1·
              2 months ago

              YouTube gives a b testing for YouTubers based on watch time, so they can tune their thumbnails to the one that gets the most watch time. The audience doesn’t always know the history of the chanel, they need to go off the thumbnail.

        • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
          21·
          2 months ago

          If someone cares about their view count then you shouldn’t give their content your time of day

            • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
              61·
              2 months ago

              They make them because it’s fun/they are passionate

              And that makes them higher quality

                • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
                  32·
                  2 months ago

                  You need to spend more time around small channels

                  LTT is a good example of how what you’re saying is bullshit. All the money in the world but they’re still tech illiterate people making tech videos

                  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    1·
                    2 months ago

                    You have I have very different ideas of tech illiterate. Most of the hosts have forgotten more than I care to learn. I guess if you work very technical tech stuff 24-7 you have a higher standard.

              • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                Dude, this isn’t the Youtube of 2006 anymore.

                Content creating, whether for TV, Radio, or Internet is a job.

      • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
        92·
        2 months ago

        As part of the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins, i have to say that while i dont love thumbnails like that, i still click on the video because i know it’ll be quality

      • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        2 months ago

        And that’s why I have Dearrow. Bye bye bait thumbnails and titles.

          • Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            51·
            2 months ago

            People start yt channels for a lot of reason and probably the biggest reason is money. I don’t really understand your fixation over yt channels only being passion project.

            • thethirdobject@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              i understand even less when people are saying that when someone does something out of passion it should allow us to consume it for free

            • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Especially with some channels being financially successful labors of love like Red Letter Media.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1229·
        2 months ago

        You have to understand shit like these thumbsnails arent made for people like you and me.

        They are made for the mindless horde of sub-intellectual gremlins who are incapable of rational, independent thought. The kind that run out and put sandpaper on their windshield wipers and microwave their phones to “fast recharge” them because they saw a video that said to do that.

        and the sad, terrifying reality, is these mentally stunted little goblins outnumber us by margins that are too terrifying to even think about.

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eeEnglish
      191·
      2 months ago

      All of their thumbnails are unfortunately click-baity. They spoke about ut in an older video. Apparently, the click-baity images drive too much traffic for them to justify something more subtle.

      • ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Oh, no I totally get it. I’m well aware I’m in the tiny minority that are put off by them. It’s just the kind of illusion that once it gets broken you can no longer unsee it.

        It’s the same with clickbait headlines. If it’s a question, the answer is no.

        “Is this the end of Russia?”

        No.

        keeps on scrolling

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      2 months ago

      There’s a Firefox plugin that replaces YT thumbnails with stills from the video. It makes browsing YT so much better.

      • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 months ago

        They let Luke bleach it on the wan show.

        He’s never done it before, and took too long so some parts are ultra blonde and others are barely different.