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Any of those punchable "react face" thumbnails. Dont care what the video is about, if it's got one of those stupid faces on it, straight to the fuckin' gulag!
From the reports I've heard by amateur youtubers, those dumb face thumbnails actually do get them more traction
The algorithm favors clickbait and dumb react thumbnails over regular videos because those are the videos that get "engagement". Even if said "engagement" is writing a comment about how much the video sucks, it's a win in YT's book.
A major problem with media and algorithms today is exactly as you said. Engagement is engagement and they don't really care if you're raging or agreeing as long as you're Interacting.
I have an addon that just replaces all Youtube thumbnails with a random frame from the video.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/clickbait-remover-for-youtube/
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clickbait-remover-for-you/omoinegiohhgbikclijaniebjpkeopip?pli=1
I've seen that before but the trouble with that add-on is it just replaces it with a random frame not necessarily one that's helpful or good. At least the stupid faces actually show you what the video is about.