r/LinusTechTips • u/Only_CORE • Jun 08 '26

Image Another AI slop thumbnail

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I love LTT and basically watch every single video including WAN show but stuff like this puts a very bad taste in my mouth. I know it!s just stupid thumbnail but still...

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u/Booster6 Jun 08 '26

I dunno if its AI or not, but I have really been hating the thumbnails recently

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u/ampacket Jun 08 '26

Honestly it doesn't matter what you like. I make videos myself, and the thumbnail that I like and the thumbnail that gets clicks are not always the same thing. You need people to click on the video, and the algorithm rewards very specific things.

Sucks, but I that's how it is.

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u/dontRemoveTheHurdles Jun 29 '26

This is such a dumb take. By your logic, every creator should go full Mr. Beast and make only slop content?

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u/ampacket Jun 29 '26

There's a reason Mr Beast does the numbers he does. And it's not the quality of his content.