• Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days 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.

    • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      14 days 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

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Unfortunately this is just the way it is on YT now. Post clickbait thumbnails, or miss out on hundreds of thousands of views. Because that’s the way YT likes it. They don’t want to positively weight long-term high-quality content, they want to promote clickbait.

      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 days 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.

      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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        13 days ago

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

        • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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          13 days ago

          Quite the opposite. If they didn’t care about the view count the content wouldn’t exist in the first place. No one makes content with the intention of no one watching it, and they certainly don’t make high quality content that requires a team of people and expensive equipment.

            • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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              13 days ago

              At a bare minimum they make them because they’re passionate about sharing with others. In which case they care about the view count. Once again, no one makes a video and uploads it to a video-sharing platform and doesn’t care who watches it.

              Having the time and money to dedicate to making high quality content makes them higher quality. If they have to work a 9-5 doing something else, and they record everything on a Galaxy S4 because they have no money, it’s bound to be lower quality or just non-existent.

              • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.caEnglish
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                13 days 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

                • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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                  13 days ago

                  You need to spend more time around small channels

                  Which would tell me what, exactly?

                  Any you want to recommend?

                • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                  9 days 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.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 days 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.