Because humans love faces. We love looking at them, we love seeing them. Our brains are wired to handle facial recognition very well and be drawn to faces.
In fact, the effect is so strong that we often see faces where none exist
People being drawn to faces has led to thumbnails with faces on getting far more attention. Tbh, if you were trying to make a YT channel your job, it's very likely you'd start doing it too, you'd be actively sabotaging yourself for the sake of pride otherwise.
Well, I hate human faces on youtube video thumbnails.
I want to see a preview of the content instead of being biologically exploited into clicking on it.
Ok then, but you're very much in the minority. People wouldn't do it if it didn't work.
You're saying it's biological exploitation? So do you have a dog? Do you play fetch with it? Or is that biological exploitation? Is it biological exploitation for food companies to monopolize on our taste buds? Just curious where you are getting these ridiculous claims. You do know that you can mouse over a video to get a preview of the content, right? Look up the definition and purpose of a YouTube thumbnail. Tell me what you find.
Is it biological exploitation for food companies to monopolize on our taste buds?
Yes. Thats the only reason why there is so much sugar in everything. Which is rather unhealthy, but we keep eating it because sugar makes us want it.
Because humans love faces. We love looking at them, we love seeing them. Our brains are wired to handle facial recognition very well and be drawn to faces.
In fact, the effect is so strong that we often see faces where none exist
People being drawn to faces has led to thumbnails with faces on getting far more attention. Tbh, if you were trying to make a YT channel your job, it's very likely you'd start doing it too, you'd be actively sabotaging yourself for the sake of pride otherwise.
Well, I hate human faces on youtube video thumbnails.
I want to see a preview of the content instead of being biologically exploited into clicking on it.
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Ok then, but you're very much in the minority. People wouldn't do it if it didn't work.
You're saying it's biological exploitation? So do you have a dog? Do you play fetch with it? Or is that biological exploitation? Is it biological exploitation for food companies to monopolize on our taste buds? Just curious where you are getting these ridiculous claims. You do know that you can mouse over a video to get a preview of the content, right? Look up the definition and purpose of a YouTube thumbnail. Tell me what you find.
Yes. Thats the only reason why there is so much sugar in everything. Which is rather unhealthy, but we keep eating it because sugar makes us want it.