What Does This Mean?
A bold red arrow added to a video thumbnail to point at a face or object and pull the viewer's eye, closely associated with clickbait-style thumbnails.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The thumbnail had a giant red arrow pointing at a completely ordinary couch."
LORE & ORIGIN
A long-running YouTube thumbnail convention: creators and design guides describe a red arrow (or circle) as a focal-point marker that stands out against photos and hints at an unanswered question. The arrow is often discussed as clickbait when it points at nothing meaningful. The earliest use could not be dated from the sources found, which are mostly design blogs rather than primary reporting.
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