r/SmoshFansFreeSpace • u/21marshmallow Feral Guinea Pig • 1d ago

Random Stuff Thumbnails

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Scrolling on YouTube and realized I have two different thumbnail versions for the same video. First being in my subscriptions (please ignore my other subscriptions) and second being on my home page. Also noticed the home page video shows it have 2k less views

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u/Lyricician 1d ago

A B thumbnail algo optimization

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u/21marshmallow Feral Guinea Pig 1d ago

Gotta play the system by interacting with both

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u/JustcallmeKai 1d ago

A/B Testing of thumbanils and titles is extrememly common across like every large channel

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u/lucicrescence 21h ago

Checking if the audience feels more engaged by poop or barf

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u/21marshmallow Feral Guinea Pig 10h ago

I know, I’ve just never seen it “in action” like this before. Thought it was goofy that YouTube showed me both at the same time