[Movie] New video about the Swallowtail Merlons map

[Barbrey]

The thing with the thumbnail is that it needs to show something clearly with just a few pixels. So if you want to get the attention of people who might be interested in Castle architecture, you need a clearly contrasting item in there. So I think of it more in those terms: potentially interested people should be able to read the thumbnail at a glance.

There's also the thing that many people just look at the thumbnails rather than the titles. That's why most channels place some compelling text on the thumbnail, something that plays to people's curiosity.

There's an Indian video posted around the same time as mine about witches in the VM. It's got hundreds of thousands of views. The Turkish video has well over a million views. It's not that my aim is to reach similar numbers. But at least I want to stand out to people who are looking for some counterweight.

Do you have a link to the one with witches?

In all seriousness, anything occult themed in the title will garner more attention. Something like  “The Devil’s in the Details: Closing in on the Voynich Manuscript’s origins” ? Or maybe fanciful:” Castles in the Sky- Earthbound”. 

People like”plots” and you’ve plotted a lot on your map: “The Plotting Thickens” New Voynich Research!”  (I like puns, this is my fave. Your thumbnail would show thick clustering as well as an image - perhaps your man with a magnifying glass and deerstalker hat). 

People aren’t particularly interested in castle architecture when it comes to the Voynich. No point in emphasizing that. Even “swallowtail” sounds like ornithology, a bore to many. For myself, if it weren’t you posting the video, I’d have skipped it as I’ve read about swallowtail merlons ad nauseum. The merlons are just a detail: the real point is that plotting them out has led you, and us, closer to the manuscript’s origins. That’s exciting!