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Alternatively, it serves as a pretty good filter for content I will actively try to avoid. Playing a video and immediately hearing that "HEY GUYS" voice makes me click the back button instantly, and block the channel.

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I do this for written articles that begin with https://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22technology+has+become+...

Idunno, Cody from Cody's Lab does "Hey guys" sometimes (probably most of the time) and it's one of the most fascinating channels on youtube (where else would you learn how to extract gold from scrap metal, fire bullets made of mercury or refine uranium ore?)

He does pretty much the same thing though; a lot of serial youtube series have a "hook", Cody does the hey guys, thumbs up, welcome to cody's lab thing. AvE does "welcome back to the shop today a treat especial", DeFranco does something something beautiful bastards, etc. I think it's a way to tune into videos, or... something. Also for the video creator themselves.

Cody is delightfully quirky and down-to-earth, though.

The "hey guys" think is more about a certain overly-enthusiastic and grating tone and approach, see Unbox Therapy for example.

Can we perhaps combine all of the clickbait memes into a single form?

"One weird trick to find the 13 most extreme reaction faces to mundane topics (you won't believe how number 5 lets you make money from home!)"

Doctors would hate that.

Plus

    COPS CALLED!! (NOT CLICKBAIT)

[ALMOST DIED] GONE SEXUAL

( @o@)

Or the more common

    WHAT'S up guys, today we're ...

I guess there's a market for all sorts of content, but the majority of the YouTube's audience (which are kids) dictate these annoying common formats.

While looking at the screenshots in the article I wondered why all video titles default to ALL CAPS. Browsing YouTube feels like walking through a shopping arcade with all store owners shouting at you what they offer.

Maybe I should look into a browser extension that de-caps such texts...

That and any video thumbnail with a red circle.

Austin Evans is the only YouTuber who I enjoy who also starts his videos with "Hey guys! This is Austin."

I cannot stand his delivery. He seems awkward beyond belief, has the same exact inflection of voice at the end of every sentence, and speaks so quickly that he is almost tripping over his words and slurring his enunciation.

Even great channels like computerphile and numebrphile do it.

Yeh same here, I can't stand the youtube faces, it is ridiculous.

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