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[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 89 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Well that's a thumbnail I'd never click on

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.ee 15 points 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.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why does this and maybe something to replace the title with just an accurate thesis statement kind of titlesounds so good to me!

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Dearrow does both.

[–] mage@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

what the shit is going on with that neon ass hair

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 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.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Doesn't matter how good the video is if nobody clicks on it, Veritasium already made a great one about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng

[–] sverit@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

/r/punchablefaces material