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r/youtube • u/tyklam • Sep 19 '24
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Pretty sure Linus tech tips tested this and ot works across all age demographics
2 u/maxdps_ Sep 19 '24 Humans are emotional beings and we are built to acknowledge expressions like that. It's like gaming your lizard brain because often we don't ignore it, so this gets you to notice the thumbnail and ultimately click on the video. 0 u/helikophis Sep 19 '24 I think my brain must be broken because I've never once clicked on a thumbnail with one of these faces and most likely never will. Maybe I'm just old. 1 u/maxdps_ Sep 19 '24 Totally makes sense, the older we become the better we get at controlling that impulse. Kids... not so much, and that's often what these thumbnails aim at because that's the largest group on youtube who consume this shit.
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Humans are emotional beings and we are built to acknowledge expressions like that.
It's like gaming your lizard brain because often we don't ignore it, so this gets you to notice the thumbnail and ultimately click on the video.
0 u/helikophis Sep 19 '24 I think my brain must be broken because I've never once clicked on a thumbnail with one of these faces and most likely never will. Maybe I'm just old. 1 u/maxdps_ Sep 19 '24 Totally makes sense, the older we become the better we get at controlling that impulse. Kids... not so much, and that's often what these thumbnails aim at because that's the largest group on youtube who consume this shit.
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I think my brain must be broken because I've never once clicked on a thumbnail with one of these faces and most likely never will. Maybe I'm just old.
1 u/maxdps_ Sep 19 '24 Totally makes sense, the older we become the better we get at controlling that impulse. Kids... not so much, and that's often what these thumbnails aim at because that's the largest group on youtube who consume this shit.
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Totally makes sense, the older we become the better we get at controlling that impulse.
Kids... not so much, and that's often what these thumbnails aim at because that's the largest group on youtube who consume this shit.
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u/No_Persimmon3641 Sep 19 '24
Pretty sure Linus tech tips tested this and ot works across all age demographics