I never bothered to ask and now i’m afraid of being outed as an old for asking.

    • a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos

      Coincidentally also a master at knowing what will make me never click on them (yes it’s the horrifying face he makes)

    •  Otter   ( @otter@lemmy.ca ) 
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      73 months ago

      On that note, there is this browser extension

      https://dearrow.ajay.app/

      DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

      It’s nice because it will affect all the videos equally. I didn’t want to use it initially because it was messing with my ability to remember which videos I had already seen. I might give it a try again since people keep changing video thumbnails now