The thumbnail trick that made me stop trusting view counts entirely

I watched a 3 million view video last month where the thumbnail showed a tornado, but the actual footage was just a windy day in Tulsa. The algorithm pushed it so hard that my whole feed now rewards the lie, which makes me wonder if anyone else checks the timestamps before clicking these things.

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stella225d ago

Read somewhere that engagement bait is now basically the whole business model on there.