Yea.. I really don't want to set the bar too low, but there are definitely FAR more worse(and far more annoying) thumbnails than the hold-the-chin thingy.
This is my point, however. I have a few folders with names like "hands on side of face" or "outraged" and so on, with thumbnails of Youtubers who are all following the same script. I'm not talking specifically about videos that have thumbnails with people with their hands on their chins--that's
only one example of this nonsense. I just figured it'd be annoying if I posted hundreds of images.
Nor is it just the thumbnails, and I hope that came across in my post. It's the style and content of these videos that makes Youtube a cesspit of sewage for crypto videos (and for other topics as well). Even when--or especially when--I'm logged out of Google with my cache cleared and cookies removed, if I hit the Home page on Youtube, most of the suggested videos are by these creators that Youtube is obviously promoting. There's nothing that differentiates them in my mind except for their extreme conformity compared to videos I actually like watching.
Not to mention that if I see another video by Voskcoin and his smarmy, self-satisfied "I'm so fucking rich" attitude I think I'll puke. Again. I have been trying to watch some videos about mining, but do you think any by Philipma1957 are shown? Nope. And I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people making mining videos other than Voskcoin, Red Panda Miner, and so on. It's a shame.
Edit:
I actually like videos by this guy, and notice that the thumbnails to his videos aren't clickbait-y crap (except perhaps for some of the text). The content of the videos is also pretty decent, even if he's wasting his money trying to mine bitcoin on a RPi.
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIGQcqYo.png&t=665&c=3H9zrRapz_-UQQ)
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FryOPrt9.png&t=665&c=QY86gJZBr15SNQ)
There's nothing really original about those thumbnails, but on the other hand they're not the type of trendy ones that every Youtube creator makes nowadays. That's saying something in a system where so many people just follow the lead of others.
But more than faked shocked faces, perhaps the worst thumbnail when looking for a Bitcoin video is that which shows money.
Oh yeah, I also have a folder full of thumbnails entitled "pointing to something", which is exactly what your thumbnail shows. I see that time and time again, all over Youtube, and it's another one that drives me nuts.