We are running a small experiment where 0.3% of viewers will see an auto-generated thumbnail, instead of your custom thumbnail. We are not removing the ability to create your custom thumbnail, but we hope to gain insights on auto-generated thumbnails for the future.
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @AlarconGareca
People are freaking out about this and I just wanted to say that I don't think it's a worthwhile thing to freak out about. A temporary, small test that will give YouTube useful data about how auto-generated thumbnails perform vs creator created ones.
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Someone above made the point: if auto generated prove to perform worse than custom, so vid get less views, less money, are YT going to compensate those people for the lost revenue, however small it is?
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No, YT won't...just like YT doesn't compensate me if it starts favoring longer videos. It's their platform, I have licensed my content to them. I agree communication is weird and difficult and could be done better.
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They do it literally do research on our content all day every day. They also communicated it before the experiment began, but I don't think they know how to communicate these things in ways people will pay attention to until someone gets upset. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/-EpSdU2730A …
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Replying to @hankgreen
You've gotta give them credit for making the effort to communicate but they still fail to recognize where their audience is. Their audience is not on a buried forum. At least tweet a link to the post or something if you're going to keep it there.
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Replying to @EpicWolverine @hankgreen
Maybe an in-app message saying "Hey, you're in the test group of this feature! Here's what changes. Here's the benefits. You can opt out in your Settings."
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Now THAT is a sound, actionable piece of input.
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@TeamYouTube As a YouTuber and a developer, I am available for consolation ;)
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