It’s the presenter.
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spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
What’s with the thumbnail? Videos with thumbnails like this are a sure fire way to get me to not watch it.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That was my assumption but I was more wondering if there is research that shows this style is attention grabbing or yields more clicks or something.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s incredibly normal that the thumbnail is the presenter in the video.
mycroft@lemmy.world 1 year ago
YouTube is cancer. They have made this the way you get content and likes. Creators spend hours trying to get a proper thumbnail since it has such a huge impact.
Basically YouTube demands clickbait now.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s how YouTube content creators get recognized unfortunately. They gotta market themselves alongside their material, else they don’t get a following. Nature of the beast. I hate it too.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I kinda figured as much. I’m sure the content is fine on the vast majority of them but when I used to use YouTube as a form of entertainment those types of videos were not my cup of tea. Perhaps there is data to suggest we are outliers.
Artaca@lemdro.id 1 year ago
There’s an extension that makes all YT thumbnails generic stills from the video. I think it is called deArrow?