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1. charlie_root@social.linux.pizza's status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:04:29 UTC charlie_root

   41M of views in 6days?!
   how? why?

   Is there really no YouTube assistance behind?
   how can people fall for it?

   • Stampeding Longhorn (stampedinglonghorn@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:04:25 UTC Stampeding Longhorn

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     @charlie_root Because no one wants to watch a video with black and white non-HD photos of Auschwitz.

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   • :debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :fedora: (selea@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:04:33 UTC :debian: 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊 :fedora:

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     • Stampeding Longhorn

     @StampedingLonghorn @charlie_root

     my kids loooove that guy, so I can really imagine that those numbers are true

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   • charlie_root@social.linux.pizza's status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:04:34 UTC charlie_root

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     • Stampeding Longhorn

     @StampedingLonghorn haha you went far-far away to come up with this one. :)

     I do think YouTube inflates the numbers.

   • Stampeding Longhorn (stampedinglonghorn@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:04:34 UTC Stampeding Longhorn

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     @charlie_root I think they do too.. Either that or there a lot more people of questionable tastes than I thought there were.

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:08:48 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd:
     @redstarfish Veritaseum made a video specifically about that. Basically we wouldn't know about Veritaseum if he didn't maximize engagement, and he tries hard to be honest while awakening an interest.
     
     farside.link/invidious/watch?v…
     
     "Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective"
     
     @charlie_root
   • Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd: (redstarfish@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 10:08:49 UTC Abhiseck Paira :gnu: :gnuhurd:

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     @charlie_root

     I see thumbnail and title, if I notice it's clickbait (and if I am not interested in that bait) I ignore it.

     There's channel on youtube called Veritasium that makes actually good videos on scientific topics, and if the titles were honest about the videos I'd watch most of them but the channel resort to shallow clickbaits and I don't feel like watching after seeing the clicbait.