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Does YouTube allow user-catered thumbnails? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 hours ago by GrosMichel@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Saw this video. And it changes depending on if I view the thumbnail in my browser or in private mode/logged out of YT. Went back on their channel page logged in and it remains saying "You Are Not Right Wing" so it's not specific to their channel page showing a different thumbnail.

YouTube also will not stop trying to show me right-wing "downfall of Canada" videos. Maybe YouTube thinks I'm right-wing.

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[-] rhubarb@hexbear.net 20 points 10 hours ago

They let video makers A/B test thumbnails, I doubt they let users have access to something as valuable as viewers' political leanings

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 6 points 10 hours ago

Opposite issue for me

Sorry YouTube is calling you a lib

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You can set different thumbnails for different platforms I think

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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