cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14490289
Steve from Gamers Nexus explicitly states that they “can’t recommend Intel CPUs right now” until Intel provides information and assurance to customers
Intel what are you doing? Shit’s on fire, yo
This guy always has such dramatic YouTube thumbnail image face
I would say that’s YouTube in general, but even that’s not true. Practically all media frequently focuses on faces.
YouTube thumbnails, social media, the rise of selfies, video calling, portraits (always been one of the most common forms of art), film posters (disproportionately feature the faces of their characters), etc.
Humans love seeing faces. We are drawn to faces, it’s linked to us being an intelligent social species with complex social and familial structures. It’s ingrained in us to place great attention and recognition on faces, and to glean information from them.
In fact, our brains are so obsessed with facial recognition, that we often see faces where none exist (pareidolia). That’s how strong this effect is.
I get that people on Lemmy/Reddit act like seeing a face in the thumbnail is the worst thing ever, but creators do it because people want to see faces. All the data points to people being more engaged when we see faces.
And honestly, compared to other forms of trying to get people interested, such as using misleading or untrue titles, ragebait, failing to mention the video is sponsored in a way that undermines the integrity of the video, etc., including a face in a thumbnail is just about the least troublesome avenue. A face in a thumbnail is completely and utterly harmless.
It’s not seeing a face in a thumbnail that bothers me. It’s when the expression on the face is one of absolutely fake surprise and shock that I take issue.
Fair enough. Doesn’t really change what I said though. You’re very much in the minority with that take.
I think that if you asked most people if they want advertising that centers around grown adults making idiot faces at the content they created themselves they would say no.
Yes, I agree that if you ask a loaded question like that, you probably would get your desired answer.
The data, however, points to people liking it. As I explained.
You said the data shows it yet showed no data. You have explained your opinion and expect the reader to mistake is as fact.
There’s mountains of data on this. It’s why everybody does it.