Does this bother anybody else? People have photos of their face where their expression is like they are crapping out a bowling ball and reacting to the sheer pain. It’s incredibly cringeworthy and makes me want to avoid all the content, but EVERYBODY does it. I read that it increases views substantially. My only guess is that this is because of children. Certainly adults wouldn’t be like “cool, a guy with his mouth open wider than his fist, this must be golden.”
Yeah, it bugs me. I like MrBeast, but I noticed he does this on every video thumbnail. And then I started noticing a lot of other people doing it, too. Weird trend…
MrBeast does do this, and I’ve heard him talk about it on a video about clickbait. He says he has several faces he uses. However I’m going to be honest and say that his faces don’t bother me as much, because he doesn’t overexaggerate to the same extent as some other YouTubers. Like his eyes aren’t bugging out like someone’s giving him a prostate exam with a popsicle. He just looks mildly interested usually.
OMG… I think I am just noticing even Trevor Noah does it on the thumbnails for the Daily Show videos. It’s hard to tell he’s doing it until you notice then you can’t unsee it
Still, the expressions aren’t too exaggerated in his case. I think that’s key.