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Comment on Your RAM Has a 60 Year Old Design Flaw. I Bypassed It.

90% of thumbnails have a face in them, usually of an exaggerated strong emotion, and that goes for both male and female youtubers. Many youtubers have confirmed time and time again that the algorithm favors faces by a pretty wide margin, and thus most play that game.

I’m not a fan of it, I wish they didn’t, but I understand why they do. Though I don’t think it’s particularly gendered as your image claims.

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p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Having a face on them is one thing. Sometimes the person is the subject of the video, and it’s worth highlighting that in the video.

Having the person making the video staring at the camera, in a pose that says “look at how attractive I am” is another.

Also, this is not as hard and fast as you make it out. Here, I’ll post some random examples in my feed:

No face

Indirect faces for a video game

No face

Face looking away, subject of video

Not really faces

Faces from video game subject

Staring directly at the camera to make it look like some serious meta video, when it’s really an April Fool’s joke (this is the exception that proves how ridiculous it is)

No face

Faces, but the main focus of the video

In fact, I had to dig to find videos that would really qualify:

Two faces staring into the camera, but they are properly framed and surrounded by the subject of the video

Reaction shot face, but at least it’s not taking up the entire frame

Mutahar’s mug behind his junky desk, but that’s all of his videos and I wished he put more effort into his thumbnails and presentation

Even (most) of the female YouTubers on my feed aren’t falling for it:

Earlybird

Maangchi

Pushing Up Roses, besides the occasion "reaction face"

CrystAAHHL, just to show that I’m not cherry-picking, yes, she does the reaction face way too much

Meanwhile, LaurieWired’s entire catalogue is “look how attractive my face is!” This one doesn’t even have the subject in the thumbnail! It’s just her walking in a park. Also, what’s up with her videos from two years ago? Did she completely change her makeup style just to look more attractive in thumbnails?
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- Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Ayo i think maybe u just like her face lol
  
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- TehPers@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  She’s literally just doing her own version of the MrBeast face. It’s not even that unique. Half the people I watch on YouTube slap their face in their thumbnail, and I don’t watch clickbaity slop.
  
  Just install DeArrow, enable thumbnails through it if needed, and move on.
  
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  - p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I don’t need to install DeArrow. I just don’t subscribe to YouTubers that rely on clickbaity thumbnails and titles.
    
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- PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Maybe you should just stop using the internet if the presence of a woman makes you this mad.
  
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  - p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    If that’s the conclusion you’re walking away with, then clearly you’re arguing in bad faith.
    
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