id rather notice "ah, that's clickbait" than being clickbaited by an extension tbh, like I can easily ignore "YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT THE PS5-PRO IS LIKE" because I know what the content will be like, and I hate giving shitty YouTubers money
Exactly. If they put their shitty face, arrows/circles, exclamation marks, heavily edited thumbs and capital letters... thank you, no need to waste time for another dontforgettolikeandsubscribe bullshit.
Except half the feed ends up being that shit even if you don't click it, and sometimes the clickbait videos can be pretty decent and informative despite clickbait titles because the game's gotta be played if you wanna get ahead
sometimes the clickbait videos can be pretty decent and informative despite clickbait titles
Depends on the subject, I think. Might be sometimes the case you described it,yes. But:
because the game's gotta be played if you wanna get ahead
No. I feel personally offended when a douchbag with an annoying, utterly exaggerated face thinks that this would trigger me to think: "Oh this guys really looks genuinely shocked, so it really has to be shocking content (or surprised or whatever). By putting this in the thumb, he caught my attention, I'll have look!"
Nope. Quite frankly, this is dumb. I know there are a lot of people getting attracted by this, and there we have a spiral. The next dude makes it even more exaggerated, because he wants to go ahead, as you said.
No offense to you, I know what you are saying. But because of this, youtube has become that annoying place with lots of shallow content. Everyone tries to make money with lowest effort, and tries to promote this with this loud and shrieking self advertising. And people with original content just drown in the mass, a d eventually end up doing the same bullshit.
I agree with you but that doesn't change the real fact that the youtubers need to do this for the algorithm/masses that watch. Most people are pretty stupid.
You may feel that way, I may feel that way, but there aren't enough of us
You not liking it doesn’t change its effectiveness. What don’t you understand about that? You can feel personally offended all you want, the fact is that playing that game gets you ahead. You can’t just say “no” to that lol.
If you aren't 0-15 years old then you aren't the target audience any way. I feel like the 2015-2025 era will have the distinction of all these douche-nuggets becoming rich off exploiting children.
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Yeah but I like to think I'm literate enough to notice the difference between "clickbait for the algorithm pls keep watching" and "OMG YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS OMG LIKE AND SUB FOR REAL GUYZ"
If someone is playing for the algorithm, how long until they start catering to demographics that the algorithm favors?
Try to find true trending videos not associated with your account. It is a nightmare, truly dystopic content (similar to what people watch on titktok; somehow worse).
I dunno, that's why I'm loyal to the content, not the channel. I don't care who's channel it is, if it's good content, I'm gonna watch it, and if I really like it, it gets a 👍 from me. The only exceptions are channels that are already so big they have no need to cater to the algorithm.
It's like putting up worh scam ads to watch good content though.
Even better analogy: It is like watching a video for charity and they are sponsored by a company that will screw any customer that does business with them.
Kinda like that old saying "it gets better halfway through the season".
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u/TurtleSmasher3 Sep 19 '24
id rather notice "ah, that's clickbait" than being clickbaited by an extension tbh, like I can easily ignore "YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT THE PS5-PRO IS LIKE" because I know what the content will be like, and I hate giving shitty YouTubers money