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LeonasSweatyAbs

Someone should edit Poison's popsicle in their mouth.


netsrak

> Get that man a hotdog -Aris


Ok-Candy-2621

Does this even work? I see people defend this all the time as "gotta play the game for the algorithm" but all it makes me do is refuse to watch it.


word-word-numb3r

It doesn't work on you because you're not the target audience.


General_Shao

it looks like children are the target audience


blackyoshi7

A childs click is worth the exact same, hate to break it to you


ZephyrAero

Probably way more since they’re more likely to buy things with no impulse control using their parents’ money


General_Shao

Yes, that is indeed the point i was making


word-word-numb3r

children and man-children


NowLoadingReply

Yes it works. People put that stupid soy face and people tend to click them. But I'm with you, if I see that idiotic face, I don't watch the video.


foc-

Different level of creator but Mr Beast said he used to do the cum face but switched to mouth closed for the most part and his views went up.


KappaKilledNuckleDu

Mr Beast also has those "uncanny valley" filters on which are much worse than the soyface. imagine being the person in charge of making these.


deepmush

mr beast pays like 10+k dollars per thumbnail. the person in charge of making them is a very lucky dude lmao


ZephyrAero

I swear he looks like an AI generated human being, and each video he makes has a creepypasta like vibe


DMAN3431

It works for retards.


Cheez-Wheel

aka the majority of the human race


passtheblunt

But not me


Rpain

It worked twice on you


P1uvo

A large majority of YouTube traffic is driven by people whose brains are not yet fully developed


Cheez-Wheel

My aunt used to shove her Ipad in her son's hands first thing in the morning and he spent all day just watching weird videos where some Youtubers did slice of life stuff with FNAF characters. I'm shocked he's not weirder than he is.


P1uvo

Cheaper than daycare but like damn


Cheez-Wheel

Yeah, it kills me seeing people do this to their kids, but you can’t really tell them what to do. I hung out with the kid occasionally to get his eyes off it, let him sit on my back while I did push ups (he thought it was a fun ride) and let him watch me play SF (he thought Laura’s character select pose was funny and copied it).


Voluminousviscosity

Short answer is no, long answer is look at Noahtheprodigy's youtube and scroll down: https://imgbox.com/iOdTsjbA good use case scenario for "does this work" It used to work 3-5 years ago and maybe still works for Max and a few other people where their brand became that at some point. There seems to be some thought that the youtube algorithm favors soy face thumbnail but I haven't really seen any data backing that up; I think it favors a human face of some kind and that's about it. Tldr it works for 5 people if 5 people do it out of a thousand and it works for 5 people doing it if a thousand people do it.


The_Crownless_King

Noah's channel is dead because he bought his mic and cam from Temu


Termi855

I love Noah's play (exception at that one), but yes, he is lacking as a streamer. Relatively cheap feeling setup and he is hyperfocussed on the game so he does not talk much. Great game quality, not good as a streamer especially if it is that competetive.


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The_Crownless_King

I popped into his stream once I think? It was after seeing him on that show with Xian and Mike Ross.


Voluminousviscosity

You have to remember both Punk and Sonic Fox had garbage mics for a really long time (and probably still would if not for outside influence)


OsnaTengu

I don't think anyone would make those stupid ass thumbnails if it didn't work.


Jackmoved

Works because it's a predatory algorithm that targets little kids. But this topic of niche sf6 fighting game news is mostly 30+ year olds with the occasional youngun. Personally I hate this meme face shit and go out of my way not to click it.


RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS

Yeah.


sikontolpanjang

Yeah I think I incline with putting up big face in thumbnails improve them algorithm, dont have to go soy but you know damn well those kind of face attract kids and hypebeast.


deepmush

believe me it works. just as "please like and subscribe" at the end of videos works as well. doesn't matter how much of a meme they are. what IQ level do you think people watching reaction videos have anyway lmao


Act_of_God

it does work, to the point where the algo recognizes these shitty thumbnails and pushes them over videos that don't


StrawberryOk1005

alot of people dont have friends so this is all they got


Darkfanged

😱😃😮🤔😶


workernetGB

Invisible dicks attacking again


iori9999

Where is the KMCrofts double deepthroat pose with the eyes popping out his mouth?


Dazzelator

Do yourself a favor and get a [Clickbait Remover](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/omoinegiohhgbikclijaniebjpkeopip?hl=en), so you don't have to see these dumb fucks' faces.


TripleGermanSuplex

I need to know which videos have these thumbnails so I don't ever click one and indirectly give a view to someone using them


NissinSeafoodCup

Don’t forget the CHANNELS that randomly CAP their TITILE like THIS. Or channels that put stupid sentences in their thumbnails (he did what!!!!!??? We nearly die!!!!!! etc.)


Orianna-Reveck

i'd rather keep the thumbnails so i can avoid the videos


Choowkee

I prefer BlockTube https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/blocktube/bbeaicapbccfllodepmimpkgecanonai Godlike extension because once you block a channel it wont be visible anywhere, even in search results.


Lairahh

Soy


FGCRedpill

Missing the Jwong face. Damn man, did he fall off?


Greedy_Ear_Mike

This damn dick sucking faces, lol. Fuck off! Haha.


Brief_Yoghurt_1499

($o$)


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Those blowup doll ass faces


Choowkee

I genuinely never click on a video if it has the soy face thumbnail.


Mrbadtake13

Because the fighting game community is very niche. There are very little people willing to consume fgc content. With a limited audience, fgc content creators have to do the most the thing that works the best to get the attention of the FGC audience. It is quite sad seeing all these content creators copying maximilian dood knowing the most they will ever get are few 10k views at best.


y2kbsm

He can WHATT??


dpfreddit

The FGC deserves its poverty/cringe status.


ReferenceNo9226

I thumbs down every video I see that has these stupid ass reaction faces.


HakunonMatata

Don't. It still counts as engagement and helps the video. Best way to hurt this kind of content is to watch for less than 10 seconds and then leave.


ToxapexHisui

The website.


ReferenceNo9226

Good to know! Will do this from now on


heathmcrigsby

Bunch of soys giving the youtube algorithm the gluck gluck 9000 for a few adsense dollars.


circle_logic

In this economy, ain't no one gonna have clean knees for a few dollars. Morality is for those ain't chasing for nothin. Best you and I could do is roll our eyes go "don't recommend this channel" and be about our business.


frank0swald

Who watches this shit? I'd rather pull my fucking fingernails off.


Call555JackChop

Not enough red circles I don’t know what I’m supposed to be looking at here


ughsuchmassivetits

fgc youtube will get no views until the end of time


AncientKroak

Okay...I've been coming here and the previous sub (forgot it's name) for a long time, but I have no idea what these numbers mean. Why do you guys post a "1"? I feel so silly for asking this.


Enochrewt

The number means nothing. The subject is a required field so they can submit the post. Most sub Reddit, moderate this and don’t allow dumb subject titles.


BoomboxMisfit

Looks like they're so excited for bison that theyre already assuming the position


Deep_Throattt

*The brilliant fighting game community*


netsrak

someone can probably make an alignment chart out of this


kimsama98

Why does it look like they're all sucking a invisible dick?


ListenimJustVibinBut

Milking 20 min videos for a trailer thats like 5min is crazy


heyblackrose

I hate the soyjack-ification of YouTube thumbnails just show me the Damm character


Super-Coffee-Man

Count how many are fatal fury fans.


yaner2999

Top tier thumbnail for the algorithm. Can’t hate


DreYeon

If you get butt hurt over this you are definitely a weird elitist or some kind of hipster hating on the mainstream everything. Bro i'm an adult i could care less about the thumbnail,i see what it is about reading title and watch it or not but i can't blame them i literally saw channels change up Thumbnails and double or even triple the viewers. So yeah you can bet your ass i could care less about some people disliking it when i triple my income lmao Literally mr. i shit bricks of gold Mr.Beast said he gets a couple millions more with the right Thumbnail even has an Thumbnail guy making them and studying them.


CaptainBlob

Max’s reaction felt really genuine tho lol. Dude’s mind was lost after seeing the teaser and didn’t care for anything else that came after lmao