I’ve been looking into making video essays, and it’s crazy how much time and energy people can spend on thumbnails and A/B testing them, and it’s even crazier that it does work. FD signifier said that just changing the thumbnail on an old video made his views go up like 5x
![Mr. (the) BEAST [666] is searching for Osiris's gateway to the underworld](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/74d01ed2-a993-4931-8db5-a6db9db1bdcc.jpeg){kind=link}
I’ve been looking into making video essays, and it’s crazy how much time and energy people can spend on thumbnails and A/B testing them, and it’s even crazier that it does work. FD signifier said that just changing the thumbnail on an old video made his views go up like 5x
oh ya, the TrueAnon episode about mr beast and how obsessed he is with stuff is wild
It does seem like a system that rewards obsession and borderline neuroticism.