Remix clone Hacker News

new | show | ask | jobs Github

▲

PorciiVorbesc 3 hours ago

Original Youtube title of the video I got a few hours ago was: "LG’s Manipulative, Gaslighting Response to GN Report"

Either they changed it for some legal reason, or Youtube allows for A/B testing of multiple titles for engagement.

▲

nodja 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Youtube allows you to AB test with up to 3 titles and thumbnails.

▲

kouteiheika 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's almost certainly A/B test. Essentially everyone does it.

You can even sometimes see when a list of videos on YT first loads and a given video has one title, and it suddenly switches to another without you reloading the page.

	▲	neom an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Have you noticed that has become more common recently? Because I have. It seems over the past 3/4 months, reload and see a new title happens pretty much daily to me (it also seems to work because sometimes it causes me to click the video I didn't click with the old title).
	▲	kowbell 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		On several channels I watch, I've noticed the top comment is always along the lines of "who was here when the video title was XYZ" because you know it's going to change.

▲

smashspectacle 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

YouTube encourages A/B testing of both titles and thumbnails, but it could be either.

▲

ehe78qhe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

[dead]