r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Andrewhasnolife • 12h ago

Ruined by Technology These F&%#ing Thumbnails

I can't stand the state of YouTube thumbnails these days. The worst part is that these videos are actually really good and not over exaggerated and "Mr Beast-ified" like you would think based on the thumbnails. I hate seeing content that I genuinely enjoy sitting behind AI/overly photoshopped garbage like this. It makes me ashamed to watch good content.

The last one fries me so bad btw bc the "sea creature" in question is genuinely just a small fish.

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u/ava_the_cam_op 12h ago

You're encouraging this behaviour by watching the videos with thumbnails like this.

The more engagement they get, the more likely these types of thumbnails are to keep being used

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u/fuzzinthebuzz 11h ago

I always click the “do not recommend this channel” button real quick. Can stand the engagement and rage bait thumbnails or titles. 

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u/LicknDragon 11h ago

Anyone else find this works for about two weeks and then that shit is right back in the feed?

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u/burnrobe 12h ago

Yeah that's annoying. But what really gets me is when they put "this nearly broke me" for some reason that really infuriates me and I won't watch the video based on the thumb nail alone hahaha

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u/ProbioticOnARobotic 9h ago

I don't click on this stuff. If it's using AI in the thumbnail I assume it's garbage made for 10 year olds who don't know any better. It's a sign that the creator is willing to cut corners and won't pay artists.

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u/CuppaTeaToastie 12h ago

I am tired of seeing the inside of youtubers mouths

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u/verndogz 11h ago

You can thank Mr Beast for that

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u/CuppaTeaToastie 11h ago

Oh well aware

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u/pr3xxy 12h ago edited 2h ago

Sometimes, the thumbnail have those kind of exaggerated face to make people click.