Linus's Disturbing Trend to Clickbait

[imreloadin]

7 hours ago, KuJoe said:

I think it's quite the opposite, they just hired 3 or 4 people meaning they care more about their viewers than they do about their bank account. If they need to change the thumbnails to make better content then I don't see the problem.

The thing is that they're NOT making better content. Do I really need to remind you that in order to "Breath new life into an old laptop" all you need to do is swap the HDD for an SSD?!?!?

[Syntaxvgm]

Just now, imreloadin said:

The thing is that they're NOT making better content. Do I really need to remind you that in order to "Breath new life into an old laptop" all you need to do is swap the HDD for an SSD?!?!?

no you need to be cpr certified. 

[Ringthane]

The problem I have with the thumbnails is that they look like they're for some new Youtube channel that's trying to get views.  Like if I started a Youtube channel - I would do thumbnails like these to get attention and hopefully get views.  This is not what I expect from a tech company that's been doing this for years and has an established audience that likes and respects them

 

Put another way, if Linus were still affiliated with NCIX, how would they respond to thumbnails like this?  There is such a thing as brand identity.

[Syntaxvgm]

to be clear they've always been 'click bait', but I think the old way was very classy, good looking thumbs 

and of course some were normal 

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

16 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

to be clear they've always been 'click bait', but I think the old way was very classy, good looking thumbs 

and of course some were normal 

 

Yeah, the thumbnail showed something related to the product... I thought the switch had some sort of photobooth app based on the thumbnail..

 

Honestly he's just salty about loosing mario kart

[minibois]

I saw the thumbnail on my feed today, not realizing it's from LTT and immediately ignored it. These thumbnails are not working for me.

This weird style of thumbnails (and some clickbait) should stay over at CSF.

[ARikozuM]

10 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

These thumbnails are designed to screw with the Human Brain and take advantage of and manipulate how it works.

So... a company's marketing team acting/doing what a marketing team does best?

[JoaoPRSousa]

8 hours ago, Synix said:

 

 

Content count - 6

Joined - June 2, 2013

 

HOW

 

50 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

to be clear they've always been 'click bait', but I think the old way was very classy, good looking thumbs 

and of course some were normal 

 

 

Oh man, I miss those.

[dexT]

10 hours ago, Magnetorheological said:

I saw the title of this thread and I just knew that this thumbnail was going to be the subject of it.

 

I thought is was about the second-hand misinformation that is aggressively perpetuated in the hardware section.

[WkdPaul]

14 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

*snip*

Merged into the existing thread.

[KuJoe]

4 hours ago, imreloadin said:

The thing is that they're NOT making better content. Do I really need to remind you that in order to "Breath new life into an old laptop" all you need to do is swap the HDD for an SSD?!?!?

They just hired the new people in the past week, you can't expect things to change before the new employees start working there.

[Syntaxvgm]

2 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Merged into the existing thread.

why? we had a pointless argument going on and now you buried it by grave digging. 

[Misanthrope]

4 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

to be clear they've always been 'click bait', but I think the old way was very classy, good looking thumbs 

and of course some were normal 

 

Wait, you mean use some of the glorious shots Brandon takes while doing Broll? Pff, no need! We can photoshop disgusting looking snapchat like images instead!

[dalekphalm]

To add more flames to the fire:

Looks like LMG is fully committing to the new Video Titles (and thumbs). He still claims that "they hate it". But admittedly, they must hate not having as much money as possible even more.

[mmaatt747]

On ‎1‎/‎29‎/‎2017 at 4:31 AM, AluminiumTech said:

He stated that it was done out of desperation.

I'm confused, you also said that LTT does not care about their viewers.

[Ensho]

People's disturbing trend to create drama over nothing.....

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, mmaatt747 said:

I'm confused, you also said that LTT does not care about their viewers.

They care about views, watch time minutes and money.

 

They don't care about the opinions of some of their fans.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Now think of it this way. Who's fault is it that clickbait works?

[LAwLz]

7 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Now think of it this way. Who's fault is it that clickbait works?

Who's fault is it that drugs make money?

The addicts? The dealers/producers?

[AlTech]

26 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

Who's fault is it that drugs make money?

The addicts? The dealers/producers?

IMHO everyone in that chain is at fault.

 

The dealers, the addicts and the police and government.

[DeejaySelek]

Is this a cry for help? Does LMG desperately need money?

[chrisholland03]

Is this thread a cry for help?  Do people desperately need thumbnails?

[dalekphalm]

13 minutes ago, chrisholland03 said:

Is this thread a cry for help?  Do people desperately need thumbnails?

I'm curious why you (and others) seem to totally dismiss the concerns of those of us in the thread who dislike the new direction?

 

You can disagree with us without dismissing our concerns.

[chrisholland03]

Those who don't agree with your position feel equally dismissed.

 

Also frustrating - the lack of acceptance that complaining about it isn't going to change it.  The dismissal of the reasoning behind the changes. Creation of new threads to complain instead of posting to the existing threads.

 

I would feel differently if the concerns had not been addressed -- and fighting alongside you to get an answer.  The issue at hand is an answer has been given and you don't like the answer. 

 

It's now a matter of acceptance.  Can't help you there.

[dalekphalm]

10 minutes ago, chrisholland03 said:

Those who don't agree with your position feel equally dismissed.

 

Also frustrating - the lack of acceptance that it's not going to change.  The dismissing of the reasoning behind the changes. Creation of new threads to complain instead of posting to the existing threads.  

How do you feel dismissed? Can you please elaborate on that?

 

The fact that people are creating duplicate threads is just a symptom of being on a web forum. The mods merge or lock duplicates as they are reported. No different then every 2nd news story having 13 duplicates within 10 minutes in the Tech News forum. If a new "clickbait" or "thumbnail" thread is created, please report the thread as a duplicate to the Mods (using the report button) and be done with it.

 

The ones of us who do not accept that it won't change, is because we still hope that Linus and others at LMG will see the constructive criticism as what it is: Concerned viewers who are worried about slipping standards. If they decide to stay the course over the long run, people will either accept that, or leave (or both).