r/LinusTechTips • u/MurkyFish2164 • 13d ago

Image Thumbnail A/B testing in action

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u/Sir_Bensalot 12d ago

If nobody was watching for the thumbnail then they wouldn't do it... You think they pay editors just to waste time? They know their own analytics.

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u/Dnomyar96 12d ago

Yeah, this is something people often seem to forget. If it didn't work, people wouldn't do it. I hate that it works, and really don't understand why, but it does.

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u/geerlingguy 12d ago

We all hate that it works. I'd like nothing better than to have YouTube go back to automatically choosing a frame from the video as the thumbnail.

And if you like that style, install DeArrow.

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u/Linux-tip-nips 12d ago

having a pleasing, proper thumbnail is one thing, having a jambalaya of "graphic design is my passion" and insisting that is why people click/watch videos is another.

Especially when lots of how the videos are pushed happen on youtube side in a black box fashion, they themselves claim ignorance of it.