Ugh, that clickbait-y thumbnail. Definitely not watching this...
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2024
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That's a shame, they make fun of how game companies are just enshittifying their products.
How is it a click-baity thumbnail? All of the characters in the thumbnail were in the video. I must be out of the loop on some obvious thing they are referencing with that picture.
There are thumbnail “trends” that lead to videos performing better algorithms wise and this matches it. That and the stupid face the centre guy is pulling leads me to agree with the other commenter.
Ah, thanks for the explanation. The clickbait thumbnails I'm used to are the ones where they show an image of something crazy that never actually occurs in the video itself.
You’re most welcome, I only know beyond the click bait you mentioned because some YouTuber was transparent about learning how to make thumbnails for that purpose (maybe funhaus back in the day).
Nothing necessarily specific, it's the exaggerated facial expressions and the giant contrasting text that makes me instinctively think everything in the video will similarly have the same over-the-top tone.
I know they do these images to entice children and that's whatever. I know it works, but it has the opposite effect on me. Maybe you're right, and I'd enjoy it, but my gut reaction is I'm already annoyed, and I haven't even started watching it yet!
That's just the landscape creators have to work with on YouTube; the content is far from click bait BS in this case.
Viva La Dirt League is just a comedy troupe doing very well detailed (like, good sets, good costumes, etc) video game and nerd/geek related skits.