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I honestly got some vibes that they didn’t know what they’re doing after watching numerous videos where the whole thing they’re trying to demonstrate doesn’t work (like the USB connection video).
And as an electrical engineer, I’m not terribly impressed when they show off $20k in test equipment but the main spokesperson for the company clearly has no idea how any of it works.
That was actually more genuine than LTT’s “we’re the real victims here” non-apology.
I’m out of the loop. What is LTT and who is Madison and what happened?
LTT is Linus Tech Tips, originally a YT channel where Linus and others discussed technology products, particularly pc gaming hardware. They got kinda big, and became a whole tech media company.
Madison was a former employee of the company who alleges that LTT leadership created a hostile work environment for her. Her accusations paint the company as filled with unempathetic tech bros who demand way too much productivity out of staff. Most seriously, there were accusations of sexual harassment by different team members, though not Linus himself that I’m aware of. She has a social media thread where she describes these accusations in detail and depth. If true they are very damning.
In this “apology” video they kinda at least confirm to the crunch times already, which in turn gives the other accusations quite a bit more credibility too.
Eww, tech bros? They probably talked to employees about about moonshots and dogecoin. Gross.
Thanks for the recap.
I’m hopeful that an experienced CEO taking over will help a lot with dealing with those issues. Linus has been burned out for a really long time, and it shows. His reaction is the one of a stressed person just blowing up and going defensive. He’s probably well aware that there’s problems and he’s unable to deal with it. We’ve known about that particular problem for 3 years.
It’s grown well past the tech bros stage but still operates like a tech bros startup. The new CEO will hopefully run it like the media company it became, whether Linus likes it or not.
Great reporting as usual from Steve from Gamer’s Nexus for exposing all of this.
Honestly, props to Linus for staying with it. I would have said fuck it a long time ago and shut everything down. Dud’s got Millions of dollars, and dealing with dicks on the internet is just not worth it IMO.
The Madison stuff was definitely not a simple mistake.
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Still in my clipboard copied from another story I just learned about where a mother and son took their own lives due to harassment from his fans:
The father wrote,
“I am alone now. I have nothing left. I hate you, Linus Sebastian. You built your empire destroying the lives of others. I do not know why people idolize you. You are a monster.”
Despite offering condolences for his passing, Linus Tech has made no move towards discouraging their fans from engaging in harassment.
I can’t believe people are still defending this guy.
Linus is a money-hungry maniac that pushed his workers to produce so much content that they started making mistakes in every video then when caught tried to deny it/hide it/say it wasn’t that big of a deal. He stole another companies prototype and sold it at auction, then denied ever being asked for it to be returned. Only when he was called out by Gamers Nexus did he offer that company compensation. His staff told him that the work schedule was untenable and needed to be dialled back because mistakes were being made, and he ignored them. Then he pushed merch in his apology video.
This guy is unhinged. How are you still on his side? The receipts are all there, everything in this post is backed up with Linus’ own videos and text messages.
