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by corysama 1377 days ago
Linus Tech Talks has a whole video explaining that they hate making YouTube Face thumbnails, but their numbers are dramatically worse when they don’t.
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Lots of UK tech magazines used to use scantily clad women on the cover (holding up some piece of tech).

When challenged on it they responded that when they didn't their sales went down by a significant percentage.

I've pretty much refused to watch any of his videos because he looks lone of those open mouthed clowns you throw balls into at the carnival.