I never bothered to ask and now i’m afraid of being outed as an old for asking.

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    I think you could happily live your life not knowing who he is. I will say that he’s a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos.

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      He’s a master at knowing what will make someone click

      He effectively dedicated a couple years to “study” this, which is exactly what you can do with your life when you live in Greenville, NC.

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      a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos

      Coincidentally also a master at knowing what will make me never click on them (yes it’s the horrifying face he makes)

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        Lots of YT creators edit their face to look strange or unsettling. I’m the same as you, though I think it’s more the gimmicky nature of his content I’m a bit put off by.

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      On that note, there is this browser extension

      https://dearrow.ajay.app/

      DeArrow is an open source browser extension for crowdsourcing better titles and thumbnails on YouTube. The goal is to make titles accurate and reduce sensationalism. No more arrows, ridiculous faces, and no more clickbait.

      It’s nice because it will affect all the videos equally. I didn’t want to use it initially because it was messing with my ability to remember which videos I had already seen. I might give it a try again since people keep changing video thumbnails now

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      He’s a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos

      Spoiler alert: it’s this face 😲

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      I will say that he’s a master at knowing what will make someone click on his videos.

      Well, his methods haven’t caught OP and me.