YouTube seems to be an endless stream of clickbait preview images. Kind of sad this is what algo has reduced us to.
I refuse to click anything that looks like it was designed specifically for clickbait. 😤
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Just close the tab then, that's all of YouTube.
NewPipe is a thing
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and if you do, you're fucked. the algo feeds you nothing but that content. ask me how i know 😟
exactly. one stupid thing you click on, and you’re stuck in the stream for a while…
Too many shocked faces
it sounds cliche, but still, there’s nothing for free – in centralized apps, we are the product. algos are optimized to push content that keeps us on the screen longer, and creators like mr. beast are exploiting that. today’s social media is no diff than old good, ad-driven cable tv.
some might say nostr is free, but that’s not true. nostr is permissionless, but not effortless. we’re in control, and we need to provide our proof of work to discover and engage.
Mine are as simple as they get https://youtube.com/@pictureroom
I see women's bums and crocodiles in thumbnails 😂
Gaming the content for the algo takes a number of forms on YouTube.
The sleep-view/ASMR/relaxation stuff plays by the same rules.
And then he wonders why no one is zapping his videos
Activate DeArrow in Freetube and you get random images from the videos as thumbnails.
I like using Unhook App, but I see that the thumbnail problem still exists 🤔