#Is this video Clickable?

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silent gazelle
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general feedback and etc is appreciated

deft turret
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At the time of typing, I explicitly HAVEN'T clicked on it so I can judge only by the thumbnail and title.

I probably wouldn't click on this because I don't know who you are. I don't really watch storytime stuff in general, and so my interest isn't really piqued.

The thumbnail text is also a bit in theory good, and it synergizes well with your title, but I don't know if it synergizes well with the video yet.

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After opening and skimming the video, I notice a few things:

  1. it is unscripted

Looking at the title and thumbnail I was expecting a more heavily scripted and edited experience with tight pacing. If I had clicked on this video I probably would have clicked off soon after just for that.

  1. it feels like this video is made for your already existing subscribers.

When I clicked on that video the first thing I saw was the intro, and the second thing I saw was you talking to your community. The third thing was that you mentioned this video would be slightly different from your usual fare. I, as a new viewer, don't know what your usual fare is.

Basically, I think I'm seeing a title/thumbnail mismatch vs. the video. When I see the title/thumbnail combo my first thought is "oh, this will be a scripted video of maybe 15 minutes where someone tells their story and hopefully makes a point." You do tell your story and you do hopefully make a point (I didn't go all the way through) but I see the shorter length and unscripted format and end up losing engagement.

silent gazelle
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ill work on it

deft turret
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You've got this

waxen ingot
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This is decent as far as title/thumb is concerned, but with the background being minecraft, I was expecting like, a minecraft story. Not your actual story

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Maybe make the background of your thumb a hospital room and show the vitals or something

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But yeah, as Santa said, try to make a fully scripted version and see how it goes.