• helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    That’s the way that yields the longest combined watch time from the audience.

    No, that would be rewarding creators with a long history of producing high quality content.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 days ago

      YouTube gives a b testing for YouTubers based on watch time, so they can tune their thumbnails to the one that gets the most watch time. The audience doesn’t always know the history of the chanel, they need to go off the thumbnail.