host0@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoDeArrow extension for YouTube that makes thumbnails bearablei.imgur.comimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageDeArrow extension for YouTube that makes thumbnails bearablei.imgur.comhost0@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoUnfortunately because of the way Youtube’s algorithm works, even high quality channels are buried if they don’t play the game.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYeah, even good ones do it.
minus-squared3Xt3r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoGot any examples? I don’t recall any actually quality and worthwhile channels that still use those dumb thumbnails.
minus-squaresquilox@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoVeritasium, he even has a video crunching the numbers as an explanation why he has to doit
minus-squareXaeroDegreaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoDo you have a link to the video? I casually skimmed through his video list for the past year or so, but none of the titles jumped out at me for this. Could also be a good example of why this extension sounds cool haha Edit: Found it just a few more videos below here I stopped haha. “Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective” https://youtu.be/S2xHZPH5Sng
minus-squaresquilox@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, that one I stopped hating clickbait so much after watching it, trying to become immune to it
minus-squareDouble_A@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAll those channels in the screenshot in this post.
minus-squareBuiltWithStolenParts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoLTT and SmarterEveryDay to name two.
Unfortunately because of the way Youtube’s algorithm works, even high quality channels are buried if they don’t play the game.
Yeah, even good ones do it.
Got any examples? I don’t recall any actually quality and worthwhile channels that still use those dumb thumbnails.
Veritasium, he even has a video crunching the numbers as an explanation why he has to doit
Do you have a link to the video? I casually skimmed through his video list for the past year or so, but none of the titles jumped out at me for this.
Could also be a good example of why this extension sounds cool haha
Edit: Found it just a few more videos below here I stopped haha. “Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective” https://youtu.be/S2xHZPH5Sng
Yeah, that one I stopped hating clickbait so much after watching it, trying to become immune to it
All those channels in the screenshot in this post.
LTT and SmarterEveryDay to name two.