YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#1

Post by dwighttk » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 6:43 PM UTC

YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form
openspace.sfmoma.org

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#2

Post by ccostes » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:08 PM UTC

They really are effective, though. The conscious part of me is actually turned off by videos with these kinds of title images, but they still draw my attention and produce an impulse to click.

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#3

Post by rsmets » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:08 PM UTC

I've always that human form clickbait could really only be attributed to walking through Amsterdam's red light district but this guy has a point! Interesting read.

Side note is he coining the term "YouTube Face"? I've never heard that before...

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#4

Post by aphextron » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:09 PM UTC

Alternatively, it serves as a pretty good filter for content I will actively try to avoid. Playing a video and immediately hearing that "HEY GUYS" voice makes me click the back button instantly, and block the channel.

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#5

Post by forkLding » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:17 PM UTC

Ironically, theres a call for please like and share at the bottom.

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#6

Post by aidenn0 » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:26 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #4

Alternatively, it serves as a pretty good filter for content I will actively try to avoid. Playing a video and immediately hearing that "HEY GUYS" voice makes me click the back button instantly, and block the channel.

Can we perhaps combine all of the clickbait memes into a single form?

"One weird trick to find the 13 most extreme reaction faces to mundane topics (you won't believe how number 5 lets you make money from home!)"

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#7

Post by imartin2k » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:42 PM UTC

rsmets wrote: post #3

I've always that human form clickbait could really only be attributed to walking through Amsterdam's red light district but this guy has a point! Interesting read. Side note is he coining the term "YouTube Face"? I've never heard that before...

Me neither but definitely has potential.

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#8

Post by taneq » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

Reminds me of the 'Dreamworks Face' that you see on so many animated movie posters. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamWorksFace)

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#9

Post by terminado » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 11:59 PM UTC

aidenn0 wrote: post #6

aphextron wrote: post #4

Alternatively, it serves as a pretty good filter for content I will actively try to avoid. Playing a video and immediately hearing that "HEY GUYS" voice makes me click the back button instantly, and block the channel.

Can we perhaps combine all of the clickbait memes into a single form? "One weird trick to find the 13 most extreme reaction faces to mundane topics (you won't believe how number 5 lets you make money from home!)"

( @o@)

Re: YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form

#10

Post by post_break » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 12:03 AM UTC

One of my favorite youtube channels does this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQrSp5yEP937qNqTooOw/vid...

And it bothers me. Even Linus put up a video explaining that he's sorry for the annoying thumbnails but it drives views.