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[-] Graphine@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Tbf I can't think of any instance where Marques has click baited. At most they're just obnoxious. But it's been proven to work, as dumb as it is. Also Marques's thumbnails are nowhere near as cringe as other Youtubers.

While I wish the days of 2007-2013 YouTube returned to the non clickbait and non garbage thumbnails, those days are over. I'd rather have the obnoxious thumbnails so I know which creators are trash.

[-] Anestoh@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago

I don't know who this person is, but the example in the OP is definitely clickbait. "This phone is nearly perfect" but doesn't say what the phone is, baiting you to click for the answer instead of just mentioning what phone we're reviewing.

No judgement, it's his business and he's gotta make money, but saying he doesn't do this just seems demonstrably wrong.

[-] Pechente@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah exactly, these kinds of titles make me not wanna click at all because I got no idea what it's about (since it's almost certainly not gonna be the perfect phone), so usually I don't watch this kind of content at all. DeArrow really helped navigate around this crap and even LTT is kinda interesting to watch again because I finally know if a video is gonna be interesting to me BEFORE clicking it.

[-] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Tbf I can’t think of any instance where Marques has click baited.

Titles picked within the last 4 months:

  • This Phone is Nearly Perfect!
  • How Does Sony Keep Doing This?
  • I Tried a Secret Google Project!
  • What is Happening with Samsung's Camera?
  • iPad Killer or Clone?
  • Apple's Forbidden Words
  • This is the Dumbest Product I've Ever Reviewed
  • This Smartphone Hardware is Getting Crazy!

This is what parasocial relationships do to you...

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