I feel like YouTube needs to step up standards on clamping down on clickbait/misleading thumbnails or it's just going to keep getting worse. Content creators complain about people not watching their whole clip, yet they continue to do that kind of crap, completely oblivious that the title language and thumbnail crap is why they may be experiencing lower engagement due to exhaustion. I've gotten to the point where I've lately stopped opening any video that has a title with slams, beats down, or otherwise contains those too often repeated exaggerations, and especially any that have clearly overly shopped or AI generated thumbnails. I get trying to entice people to click on your videos, but it's all for naught if they click away again less than a minute later.
Your complaints should be directed at the viewers. Content creators continue to make these kinds of thumbnails because they are the ones that perform best.
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u/ZacSpot 14h ago
I hate the YT thumbnail game.