why does linus not play the theme song anymore?

[djksm]

why does linus not play the theme song anymore?

 

[More Spencer]

If you're talking about the intro, bad for retention, means YT pushes out the videos less which inturn means less revenue for LMG

[saintlouisbagels]

40 minutes ago, djksm said:

why does linus not play the theme song anymore?

Viewer retention. Algorithm.

Financially better to not have the intro.

[Needfuldoer]

Because kids these days don't have the attention span to make it through a 10 second intro, apparently.

[Old man yells at cloud]

 

I wish they'd bring it back as a studio bumper at the end of videos. I miss the couch gag one-liners.

[Inception9269]

As someone that's been watching LTT and the channels since like 2013, I don't miss the intro at all. I did like the last one they used when they still operated out of the house, but as for the one they started using around the time they moved into their current office I never cared much for it.

[Kisai]

2 hours ago, More Spencer said:

If you're talking about the intro, bad for retention, means YT pushes out the videos less which inturn means less revenue for LMG

While that is true, that's only true in the same sense that ads performed by the host of the video is.

 

It's bad for getting new viewers, because people will just navigate away if they don't see what they saw in the thumbnail immediately.

[Mihle]

I like it, the same way I like when there is a skip intro button with TV shows. It's not because I don't have the attention span, it's because I think it doesn't add anything of value. If anything it's immersion breaking. (In my opinion)

[crazyfrog]

LTT is daily content so makes less sense.  For episodic weekly absolutely use ot