Comment by steve_adams_86
7 months ago
Part of the issue with endless carousels of thumbnails now is that the thumbnails are almost invariable clickbait now. What will I actually get? I have no idea. Even YouTube channels I genuinely enjoy use thumbnails which are entirely different from the actual content. I suppose sensationalism has taken over.
You can't blame creators for playing the game. All they have is that thumbnail to market their content.
No, I don't blame them at all. I make the odd YouTube video and the choice not to use these thumbnails is essentially a choice to stay irrelevant. Not to say sensational thumb nails would help; I make boring videos. But even if they were meant to be more interesting, that choice would clearly be self-sabotaging.
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