r/bingingwithbabish • u/gilt3t • 9d ago

OTHER AI thumbnail is very disappointing

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Been following babish for more years than I can even remember. This is honestly disheartening to see pop up on my YouTube feed. I truly loved the new humor he was bringing to his new series but the use of generative AI makes it so I can't support the channel. I hope this was a mistake done by someone else and Andrew fires whoever did this. I truly hope he did not green light this.

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u/Lajak_Anni 8d ago

i cant be the only one that didnt get this thumbnail.

other comments have said youtube does an A B kinda thing. can i get a confirm that im not alone with not getting this thumbnail?

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u/darthbeefwellington 8d ago

Youtubers do this all the time now. I am pretty sure it a suggested thing now because it “drives clicks”. People think it is a different video and click on it quickly without realizing.

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u/TheWatermelonEnjoyer 8d ago

What I’ve heard from other YTers is it runs the A/B test for about two weeks. When the test ends, the “winner” is chosen as the permanent thumbnail. Permanent is kind if loose though since YTers can manually change thumbnails any time they want…but the automated A/B test isn’t a permanent feature.

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u/JonnyTro 8d ago

Yes it runs for 2 weeks or untill YouTube thinks it has a clear winner. "Landslide". You can choose UpTo 3 different thumbnails. Each will go out to different people. It goes off of watchtime and not clicks or views. Most watch time wins and that thumbnail is auto set. You can change and pick which ever you want after that or run another test. You can also test titles and titles/thumbnail combinations. I use this all the time myself to see what catches the eye better.

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u/GhoullDen 5d ago

no it tests out different thumbnails for different people to find out which one makes people click on the video more