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Youtube deletes and strikes Linus Tech Tips video for teaching people how to live without Google. Ft. Louis Rossman(www.youtube.com)

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xenoclast@lemmy.world
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Right? I learned how to block channel in FreeTube motivated entirely so I don’t have to see his stupid face in my recommendations

I feel like we’ll find out this was engineered for clicks by them.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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i mean thumbnails are almost always engineered for the most engagement, yes.

and theirs are clearly clickbaity

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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They actually recently had a video about their thumbnails, and how different people see different thumbnails for the same video as they experiment to see what works.

At least they’re honest about it I guess.

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