Blog:Clickbait videos (ARCHIVED)

Clickbait videos are a type of video that is around different cloud video platforms, mainly YouTube, which has content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page with its thumbnail, thanks to curiosity. They often include red circle-shaped outlines (often accompanied with arrows), miraculous (or almost impossible) descriptions, etc. These kind of videos are favorite by the algorithm

Said videos are never as miraculous or astonishing as it promises to be in the thumbnail or description; it just wastes your time in an ordinary video.

Notable Clickbaiters

 * Jake Paul
 * KidBehindACamera
 * McJuggerNuggets
 * Durv
 * Ruby Rube
 * Elisocray
 * N&A productions
 * mh:rottenwebsites:ImJayStation
 * mh:rottenwebsites:WatchMojo
 * KIDS Global AKA Ruckerzz
 * ThePremium network
 * mh:crappygames:TheGamer
 * TheThings
 * TheTrendy
 * mh:rottenwebsites:Screen Rant
 * Many Kids Cartoons & Toy Channels
 * Many Fortnite & Minecraft channels.
 * Many Top Tens Channels
 * Many Animated "Storytime" Channels
 * Calobi Productions
 * Doal
 * Undea2
 * Bright Side
 * DeToxoMoroxo
 * mh:crappygames:LispyJimmy
 * mh:crappygames:Sernandoe
 * mh:crappygames:FGTeeV
 * NoughtPointFourLive
 * NicsterV
 * Game Grumps (from late 2019 onwards)
 * WildCraft
 * ThatTopInfo
 * Trending Now
 * ToonFirst.com
 * ArcadeGo.com
 * Preston Ward Condra
 * mh:crappygames:Ali-A
 * Top 10 Nerd
 * Top Trends
 * TrendCrave
 * RageElixir
 * Rebbeca Zamolo
 * RealMatt
 * Rebound Central
 * ItsOwen
 * Kazok
 * ItsAnimeGirl
 * CALLMEARJ
 * CraftSix
 * Dorito's Reaction
 * Chad Wild Clay
 * mh:garbagerobloxgames:ItsFunneh (post-2016)
 * LeafyIsHere
 * MRBossFTW
 * Scrubzah
 * Morgz
 * SSSniperWolf
 * Adventure
 * Nikocado Avocado
 * Faze Rug
 * MindofRez
 * Faze Jarvis
 * Faze Kay
 * Infinite
 * Savage Shawn
 * DOPE or NOPE
 * The Anime Man (post 2018)
 * Lost Pause (post-2017)

Why They Suck

 * 1) As their name suggests, they're misleading and trying to fake it as the titles can clickbait people only to find something entirely different.
 * 2) This was a trend on YouTube where YouTubers would choose a portion of the animated previews to show content too good to be true, but their animated thumbnails update got rid of them, as, for now, uploaders can't control which frames the animated thumbnails show. Besides, clickbait violates YouTube's Terms of Service and YouTube doesn't do anything to stop clickbait titles and videos.
 * 3) Some of the very worst examples include pornography and/or extreme gore, censored or not.
 * 4) They are KILLING YouTube and other platforms!
 * 5) The platforms in which these videos appear in don't even do anything to prevent this at all! It's like they're perfectly okay with this...
 * 6) They care more about money than quality, which proven they’re greedy.
 * 7) They are often times used to scam people for false answers.
 * 8) The titles are often sensationalized and exaggerated, making the content hiding behind the title even more disappointing.
 * 9) This trend is killing many blog and news websites and making them unreliable because many websites still uses this tactic just to gain money from gullible viewers. Gawker, VICE, FANDOM, Polygon, and BuzzFeed are the largest offenders.
 * 10) Even good content is forced to use it in order to get noticed.
 * 11) The clickbait thumbnails was nothing but made with Photoshop whatsoever.