Clickbait works til it doesn't?
Be honest.
How many YouTubers have you stopped watching because they got too weird with their thumbnails?
I feel as though most don't consider the lasting impact of ...
The penny dropping moment is the limitations of their ethos, only those with humility last.
Used to have a channel elsewhere and stopped once that particular subject had been covered and resolved.
A good example is the crypto YouTuber. They end up just following the price, repurposing other content until it becomes about the FED, Michael Saylor, BlackRock. Content becomes homogenised and therefore - sensationalist thumbnails creep in.
It is a cycle.
Used to have a channel elsewhere and stopped once that particular subject had been covered and resolved.
A good example is the crypto YouTuber. They end up just following the price, repurposing other content until it becomes about the FED, Michael Saylor, BlackRock. Content becomes homogenised and therefore - sensationalist thumbnails creep in.
It is a cycle.