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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility (www.youtube.com)
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I originally posted this on lemmy.world, but then the instance went down again so fuck it, moving my c/videos subscription to here and restarting this post

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[–] 37 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Maybe just me but I've been really tired of Linus for like... years now. Typical youtuber clickbait thumbnail open mouth faced bullshit.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    Jesus Christ

    https://i.imgur.com/nKxiZh4.png

    I need to gag.

    No idea how they expect to be taken seriously with these thumbnails and titles.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    He's said before that he hates it, but including one of those thumbnails boosts viewership by 30%. I certainly don't like it, but it would be really hard for me to resist that extra income too.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    This is the issue this is all about. Linus doesn't care about quality. Just about extra income. Clickbait thumbnails, rushed content that comes in quantity rather than quality, refusal to even invest 500 Dollar into redoing a utterly mistake of the video, no care to auction of stuff that don't belong to them - this is all coming from the same place, and which is why the thumbnails and titles are so bad. They are an indicator of the rest.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Is this really any better? Or this? Or this?

    Put face on thumbnail, big text to sell subject, have some goofy reaction shot. It's not really an exception here.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's a bit better, but admittably not that much. We're not picking teams here, where you either pick Gamers Nexus or Linus as Gods.

    I'd rather have a thumbnail without the face of the person (unless it really matters) and only the subject matter at hands.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I don't really care about the thumbnails but the video titles are awful. I'm not going to click on a video if I don't actually know what it's about. What am I supposed to expect when I start watching just about any of these?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    The title of the IPhone video just sounds very opinion based instead of a professional video talking about it. But maybe it still shows how limited the IPhone is and still talks about the technically aspect.

    (While I mentioned "professional", they have a professional setup, but a hobby channel that has no money could be seen as professional while a professional cut video is not.)

    I haven't watch the vid btw.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    While I agree he's just satisting the needs of the algorithm. You don't get millions of views otherwise. I don't see any of the people I sub on the main page because they don't use those tactics. Until parents keep their kids off the internet it will be shaped by their short attention span immature tastes

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