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Youtube deletes and strikes Linus Tech Tips video for teaching people how to live without Google. Ft. Louis Rossman (www.youtube.com)
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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i mean thumbnails are almost always engineered for the most engagement, yes.

and theirs are clearly clickbaity

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They actually recently had a video about their thumbnails, and how different people see different thumbnails for the same video as they experiment to see what works.

At least they're honest about it I guess.