No that wouldn't work, if they want to AB test their thumbnails vs custom ones, they can only do that test on people with custom thumbnails... Companies need to test things, and they are only doing it on 0.3% of the users -- the impact will be negligible.
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Replying to @gigaherz @TheDemoStorm and
Regardless on how "negligible" it may be, it should still be something you can opt out of. Its censorship no matter what % it is. I'd be furious if this was happening to me.
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That and people pay artists for thumbnails so your hurting artists as well
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Replying to @TheDemoStorm @Zueljin and
Sorry, I know you all are concerned and such, but the only issue I see here, is that youtube actually decided to SAY they were doing it, like everyone keeps asking. Companies do AB testing constantly, and often way more than .3% of the users are involved.2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @gigaherz @TheDemoStorm and
Even if every single one of those .3% of the users actually decide not to click on the video because they didn't see the usual thumbnail, that's still .3% earnings -- and that won't be the case either way.
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Replying to @gigaherz @TheDemoStorm and
"We are doing a test that could improve user interaction with videos, and in the worst case, it's only .3% impact and will be over within a few days." sounds pretty reasonable to me, and youtube actually communicated about this test, instead of leaving people wondering.
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Replying to @gigaherz @TheDemoStorm and
Did they tell us somewhere other than this thread? Because telling someone that you're doing it only when you're caught doesn't equate to advance notice. And even if the impact is small, when they announce it they should allow people to opt out and not participate if they choose
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Replying to @PKMNodo @TheDemoStorm and
Oh right, that message was actually a reply... I had only ever seen it retweeted and I didn't realize it was answering a question. I retract my "at least they did say they were doing it" part.
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Considering it also hit this person's entire channel, it's a .3% loss to YouTube, but a potentially huge loss for this creator
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Replying to @Cynderstone @PKMNodo and
Nono, it didn't hit their entire channel, it hit their account, as a viewer. They are one of the .3% who were selected to SEE the automatically generated thumbnails, instead of the real ones. Their account would be perfectly fine when seen by anyone in the other 99.7%.
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I was about to argue further, then it clicked. They, as a user, were one of the .3%. gotcha.
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Replying to @Cynderstone @PKMNodo and
I think the whole thing here is don't force people to do an experiment without consent even if they agree to it by making an account
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