• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    6 months ago

    Unfortunately it has been proven that putting a stupid human face into the thumbnail makes your audience much bigger. It would be nice if YouTube had a “show stupid face” option.

    • qaz@lemmy.worldOP
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      6 months ago

      The reverse exists, there is the DeArrow extension which removes thumbnails like this and replaces it with a crowdsourced frame of the video.

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      6 months ago

      Weird, a grimace in the thumbnail usually drives me away, because it implies overstipulated trivia for teens to me.

      • Jumuta
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        6 months ago

        I feel the same way but Brodie’s usually fine