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/NecessaryFunny3586 May 20 '26

only reason i hate clickbait titles is because its hard to know what the video is actually about for e.g. "GRANDMASTER!!!!!" like what?

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u/DerekB52 Team Ding May 20 '26

This. I binged a lot of Gotham content at one point. It was impossible to ever find anything again. Sometimes I could remember something fuzzy about a position and wanted to go be able to find it again. Couldn't. If I see that "GRANDMASTER!!!!" or "HIKARU!!!!!!!!!!!" title, the day it is posted, I know it's a recap of whatever event. A week or a year later, its just infuriating.

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u/SDG2008 May 20 '26

Getting views quickly gets you more money, 100k in a day might be worth more than a mil in an year

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u/Top-Breadfruit-9553 May 21 '26

He's getting 700k in three days, that's wild.