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.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeEnglish
    661·
    2 年前

    They’re not trying to trick people into re-watching videos they’ve already seen. YouTube generally does a pretty good job of not recommending those videos anyway. They’re simply testing which thumbnail/title brings the most traffic. It might seem petty but it makes a huge difference.

      • Odigo2020@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        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.

      • Asherah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        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.

    • Odigo2020@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      2 年前

      Yup, Scott Cramer recently did an interesting video that touches on this on his second channel, Scott is Struggling. Pretty cool if you’re into that kinda meta game of YouTube.