I agree with @BrodieOnLinux@linuxrocks.online a lot here. I think a color scheme
solves a lot, but the color gradients etc. are still gone. What is your
favourite non-white light theme, best for Plasma 6? Please add a screenshot!
Tom Scott did an episode where he explained that going back and retrofitting old videos with the shock face and click bait titles upped his views by a lot
And around 70% of titles are replaced by DeArrow for me, and of the other 30% around 80% are probably just too unknown. So in total just 6% are actually not clickbait, and those 6% are basically just dashcam channels with the numbering as title, the largest german channel about Lego-style bricks and media.ccc.de
Check out Technology Connections. Very successful channel. Not a single clickbaity face in sight. It has the bold text, sure, but it mostly describes the actual video.
I do the same. I don’t care if there is an algorithm or not, I don’t care if you get 0,00001% more money. The end doesn’t justify the means. I am on a personal vendetta, every time I am on YT and I see a thumbnail like that or one with clickbait text or arrows. It’s instant don’t recommend channel. I don’t care if I am subbed to that channel or not.
Stop finding excuses, we need a gram of human decency, stop whoring yourself like that
I’m subscribed to his channel for years and in my opinion its the best Linux content on YouTube. And its the first time I see this face as a thumbnail, but to be honest, the had a few strange ones too. If I were not subscribed to his channel and would not know that he makes good content, then I would probably come to the same conclusion to not watch the video based off the thumbnail. I sometimes refuse to click a video based on the title too!
But I don’t know what it is, but this content from him is the worst in years (in my opinion)! So the thumbnail fits nicely and you don’t need to see it anyway. It’s not worth watching it. But I’m serious when I say that you should check out his other videos, if you look for Linux content. He does often amazing job of history stuff too, and content that others don’t report on.
I just refuse to watch any YT video where they make a face like this in the splash image.
OP, if this video is yours, sorry, but not very.
Agreed. Most Youtube thumbnails are cancer. Bug eyes with mouth wide open or pointing at something. Enough already.
Tom Scott did an episode where he explained that going back and retrofitting old videos with the shock face and click bait titles upped his views by a lot
And that is what nobody cares to admit. They do those thumbnails cause they work.
Great for Tom Scott and everyone one using this (sincerely) and everyone attracted to videos with images like this.
I am still out.
And around 70% of titles are replaced by DeArrow for me, and of the other 30% around 80% are probably just too unknown. So in total just 6% are actually not clickbait, and those 6% are basically just dashcam channels with the numbering as title, the largest german channel about Lego-style bricks and media.ccc.de
yt creators really don’t have a choice, if they deviate from the stuff that the algorithm likes it kills the channel
There are successful channels which don’t do this.
I can’t blame a creator for doing this, but I do lose a lot of respect for them when they do.
Check out Technology Connections. Very successful channel. Not a single clickbaity face in sight. It has the bold text, sure, but it mostly describes the actual video.
I think you missed the critical word “deviate” if you stick to the same thing it works, whatever it is
I do the same. I don’t care if there is an algorithm or not, I don’t care if you get 0,00001% more money. The end doesn’t justify the means. I am on a personal vendetta, every time I am on YT and I see a thumbnail like that or one with clickbait text or arrows. It’s instant don’t recommend channel. I don’t care if I am subbed to that channel or not. Stop finding excuses, we need a gram of human decency, stop whoring yourself like that
I’m subscribed to his channel for years and in my opinion its the best Linux content on YouTube. And its the first time I see this face as a thumbnail, but to be honest, the had a few strange ones too. If I were not subscribed to his channel and would not know that he makes good content, then I would probably come to the same conclusion to not watch the video based off the thumbnail. I sometimes refuse to click a video based on the title too!
But I don’t know what it is, but this content from him is the worst in years (in my opinion)! So the thumbnail fits nicely and you don’t need to see it anyway. It’s not worth watching it. But I’m serious when I say that you should check out his other videos, if you look for Linux content. He does often amazing job of history stuff too, and content that others don’t report on.