Fantastic job, Justin! I was very surprised by the quality of the video. FWIW I initially skipped watching it when I saw the title and thumbnail here because I assumed it wouldn’t contain much information that was new to me or be particularly enjoyable to watch. (My assumption was wrong on both counts!) I suspect this means more experimentation with titles and thumbnails is warranted.
FWIW thumbnails and titles on YouTube are generally in a constant A/​B test, and my guess is it’d be better to just let that algorithm run than to take individual opinions into account. I.e. I’d be surprised if GWWC wasn’t already experimenting with the thumbnails and titles.
Fantastic job, Justin! I was very surprised by the quality of the video. FWIW I initially skipped watching it when I saw the title and thumbnail here because I assumed it wouldn’t contain much information that was new to me or be particularly enjoyable to watch. (My assumption was wrong on both counts!) I suspect this means more experimentation with titles and thumbnails is warranted.
FWIW thumbnails and titles on YouTube are generally in a constant A/​B test, and my guess is it’d be better to just let that algorithm run than to take individual opinions into account. I.e. I’d be surprised if GWWC wasn’t already experimenting with the thumbnails and titles.
This thumbnail is much better IMO:
Yet if I go to share the video on Reddit currently the thumbnail of you sitting on the floor still shows up as the only option.