If I see a face like this I know I don't want to watch the video. Problem is there are almost no videos left that are not some kind of engagement bait with cranked up emotions and very little substance. I remember when I used YT for learning about stuff. Now I just scroll through idiotic thumbnails and sigh.

I can always believe what happened next.

Unfortunately the genuinely work for increasing engagement. A lot of YouTubers don't like using thumbnails like this, but they're passing up on viewers if they don't.

The DeArrow extension removes those awful thumbnails and replaces them with a random screenshot from the video. I no longer have to look at some guy's ugly grinning/shocked mug when selecting the next video to watch.

MrBeast Ruined YouTube Thumbnails

(Though the problem was around long before I, at least, heard of him)

Viewers: https://files.catbox.moe/o9n3kz.gif

“Wait until the end”

Fuck no.

I avoid those automatically. It's like a viewer repellant nowadays.

This shocking mistake everyone makes while cooking ice cream sandwiches will SHOCK you!

Gotham chess : "I am an ambassador for the game of chess, and I strive to make sure people play correctly.

Also gothamchess: Ahegao face in every thumbnail.

Googletube Algorithm: is there somebody you forgot to ask?

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I was just discussing this with my wife. Click bait is effective and is not going anywhere.. In fact it's going to get worse. If that is what people are looking for than people aren't going to stop unfortunately.

Really goes to show you the state of our Internet as a whole