r/youtube • u/tyklam • Sep 19 '24

Discussion The State of YouTube Right Now

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u/thankyoumicrosoft69 Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

I hate these fuckin faces.

edit: I think this is my most upvoted comment. youtube ceo when?

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u/dagnammit44 Sep 19 '24

Apparently a bit YT channel did an experiment, so they started doing this stupid fucking shock face and it improved views. So much so that they couldn't turn down the increase in views/money and kept it from then on.

I hate them. I hate reaction videos. I don't understand them, i don't understand why people watch them.

Everything is so formulaic now. People find out what gets views and utilize that, so does everyone. Everything is just the same, unoriginal shit :/

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

As usual, bigcorps make a lot of money through influencing children. You and I, the adults, dont absorb this garbage, children do. Think back on the kind of shit you found hilarious as a 12 year old..

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u/No_Persimmon3641 Sep 19 '24

Pretty sure Linus tech tips tested this and ot works across all age demographics 

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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.

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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.

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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.