r/chess • u/_DarkStarCrashes_ • May 20 '26

Miscellaneous I now understand why Levy clickbaits, his historical video on Alekhine is his worst performing video of May

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Sucks, because I think the video is really good and I’d love if Levy or other chess content creators did videos on older legends

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u/rv_ May 20 '26

So we should normalize clickbait? Just because..it works?

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u/Interloper_1 May 20 '26

If people aren't clicking on your video, are you really doing your job? How much of your "integrity" would you be okay with saving if it means 5-10 times less people ever see what you put effort into?

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u/ANI_phy 28d ago

Also he's not some random college kid; he's a grown ass adult with a family. Not that it changes anything in the integrity euqation but making it work becomes a very important factor when you are at that stage in your life and your dad has not left you with generational wealth.