Nvidia has an interesting reputation on Linux, for the most part pretty negative but that might start becoming a little bit better and the work of Ben Skeggs...
    • Quintus@lemmy.ml
      11·
      5 months ago

      Seriously. Why the hell is the guy’s face in there anyway? I would understand if it was Nvidia’s logo that was large as hell. I imagine it might be to tell his followers “it’s me” but whatever.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
        3·
        5 months ago

        Unfortunately it has been proven that putting a stupid human face into the thumbnail makes your audience much bigger. It would be nice if YouTube had a “show stupid face” option.

        • qaz@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          5 months ago

          The reverse exists, there is the DeArrow extension which removes thumbnails like this and replaces it with a crowdsourced frame of the video.

          • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
            1·
            5 months ago

            I like that this exists but I don’t want to use it because i want to know the content creatos to avoid, thumbnails are part of the game, but putting your face on them feels like a cheap trick ( since it’s unecessary ), effective… yes… but cheap…

        • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
          0·
          5 months ago

          Weird, a grimace in the thumbnail usually drives me away, because it implies overstipulated trivia for teens to me.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        5 months ago

        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.

          • cheezits@lemmy.ca
            0·
            5 months ago

            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.

            • Deckweiss@lemmy.world
              01·
              5 months ago

              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.