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[-] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago

I really, really hate "YouTube face", it's so annoying. Maybe it's overkill, but I actively avoid the videos and channels where they use it. Oh, your clickbait thumbnail is more important than the content? Guess I'll check out other sources then...

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Seems they all have to do it or the algo will punish you.

Fucking disaster.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

No they don't. There are plenty who don't.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

And they probably get less views because of it. I respect their integrity.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

There's always DeArrow

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I block every channel that does it, even those that I've been subscribed to for years because it's a harbinger of quality decline.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I used to think they were all "phone Shrek at 3am" kinds of jackasses but have since learnt that they all do this. "Phone Shrek at 3am" was still the first impression I had though and I honestly think it's really fucking weird that apparently doing this gets them more views. Maybe this is what getting old is but sometimes it feels like half the world has been replaced by pod people over the last 10 years.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It gets them more views when they use it. I hate it, too, but human psychology is to blame.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

but human psychology is to blame.

I believe youtube algorithms are playing a bigger role than human psychology here.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

People have to choose to watch it, regardless. Many creators have said they get more views with the stupid faces than without.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I recommend a Firefox extension called DeArrow, it replaces all the thumbnails and titles to be less clickbaity.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Glad to see i'm not alone. It's for me a sign of, uh, .

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's actually amazing. Thank you for sharing!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Every couple weeks my recommendations gradually turn into mostly this crap and I don't even know what I'm doing. I literally never click on them and pretty much only watch the same stuff but still the algorithm somehow is like... no this must be just the thing for him. I've started just running it in private window so it wipes my cookies and shit whenever I close out of it.

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