Crazy how much shit dropped on LTT simply from a gamer nexus video. It’s beautiful
I mean that shit was steamy. And Steve was so pissed, for a dude whose usually pretty chill, it really said a lot about the gravity of his accusations.
Every once in a while Steve gets visibly upset about corporate misbehavior, but I’ve been watching GN for a few years, and the news segment where he was replying to Linus’s dismissive forum post is the angriest I’ve ever seen him.
And all this because LMG started the war by calling them shit. You get what’s coming to you eventually, I guess.
It’s like Harvey Weinstein, people in the industry knew he was a slimy piece of shit for years but he wielded too much power and speaking out was the death of your career. So few did.
Once it was out in the public press, the floodgates of people coming forward with similar stories opened up.
Absolutely not. I’m not even sure rn he is an inherently bad person and not just a guy with a lot of shit on his back at his breaking point.
Have you seen the statements from a former employee?
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This is not the actions of “just a guy with a lot of shit on his back at his breaking point.”
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I’m just here to say its not every day I see reviewtechusa in the wild
Probably not Forbes headline Linus would have wanted.
To quote a couple of 20th century philosophers: Mick and Keith.
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
Yeah. I don’t know if this will produce change, but saying what they’re saying is the best first step. I’m sure we’ll all be watching for follow through.
Incidently, it’s a good thing that Linus Sebastian recently handed over the role of chief executive to an experienced manager. I think it would have been very bad for Linus and the company for someone who has acknowledged being ill suited to running a company to try to handle this.
Going from personal experience working in companies with techbros in charge you cannot fix the culture without removing all management and starting again from scratch.
The fact this happened for so long with LTT I doubt it can be turned around.
It doesn’t matter if LS is no longer CEO. The culture he allowed to develop and did nothing to change lands the blame squarely at his feet. As long as he remains there it does not matter what his title is. The company will stay the same.
It doesn’t matter. Ownership hasn’t changed… CEOs are still beholden with the board and he has a controlling share. Nobody is dumb enough to pay actual money for a debt laden company that trades on the old owners name.
Having read the article, it’s hard to imagine anyone doing a worse job handling the situation.
Needs more click bait.
Title: I did a bad
Description: just plugs for all his channels and sponsor and merch store. Fuck describing the video
Thumbnail: Linus soy face wide open with red arrow pointing to a 💩 emoji. There is a red circle around it.
Dude probably didn’t want a Forbes headline at all. I don’t think his personality holds up well to basic scrutiny for the public at large. If my dad for instance asks me about him he’s already lost.
I think it’s sad. All of it. Linus projected an image of a friendly geek when the channel was smaller. The first cracks I saw in that image appeared after covid in which I assume the channel (just as the rest of youtube) grew extremely.
Since then I noticed „slip ups“ where he went edgy and kind of lost part of his friendliness. I assumed it was because he was overwhelmed with his job as ceo since that job takes a heavy toll. I know from experience.
But the fact that he (and his wife and the new ceo) didn’t do anything against the obvious transgressions that were carried out under his watch (against this vendor as well as former employees, some of which have posted on youtube) is his (their) responsibility.
It’s just sad to see them making the same mistakes (being careless in the wrong department) as others before them.
For me it was visit to Louis Rossman https://youtube.com/watch?v=Shn7LdIrViQ
Truth is, I didn’t know of Linus than, was only fan of Louis, but the way Linus was acting throughout that video was just unpleasant for me. I wouldn’t wanna be in Louis’ shoes than.
Second was recently in that Linux challenge where, I was convinced, he was working hard to find that bug and show to everyone how bas he is. His complaint of Linux was that it allowed him to delete software Linux told him not to delete. Yeah… cool.
As someone who drives Linux on my gaming PC I hated his Linux videos. In all fairness I don’t really like either distro he tried but at the end of the day you hand the average person Linux mint and they will be fine imo
Yes, the first one is familiar. I was kind of ok with it at the time but linus‘ condescending demeanor was kind of already obvious. I wrote it off at the time since I‘m autistic and also often get told I come across condescending. There you see why people need labels… we wouldn’t take it as personal if he was openly autistic (which I believe he is).
I didnt see the linux challenge but I saw when he wanted to change his gaming pc. Was it that? I would love if was more positive towards open source and stuff. But he‘s on the other side of the fence I suppose.
Remember he went to China with that dude who put a usb on a iPhone?
Yeah again true colours
Everyone you like will disappoint you someday. Fuck you Linus.
Not everyone be any means, but if you admire narcissistic extroverts then sure, you’re always going to be disappointed.
I think that’s usually the type of person who puts themselves out there in the public’s eye to be consumed though
I don’t disagree necessarily with your reaction on its surface, but would you be open to explaining how you feel and why you feel that way a bit more? I don’t know if I know how to ask it the right way, but maybe if you’re open to it, take your previous reply and break it down a bit. What causes you to react so strongly? Were you a fan before?
I’m genuinely interested in learning more about these kinds of situations where maybe people we presume we can trust as reliable stewards in society let us down. I’m not sure that’s even how you personally perceive it, but I’m truly interested in trying to better understand how people feel about this type of situation and why.
I’ll caveat that I ate a bunch of mushrooms and am fairly baked. It happens. Maybe it should happen more. That said, I would love if you’d humor me for when I wake up. Why are we so upset? Why are we so disappointed? What did we expect from this group that lead us to feel the way we do? That’s how I think about it, and that’s what sober me would like to read about. Thank you!
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I’m quite amazed that the majority of people here simply take Madison’s allegations seriously and don’t pull the usual misogynistic bullshit.
This isn’t Reddit
The reaction on Reddit and Lemmy is similar, so their point still stands.
Oh, that’s unusual then… I suspect they’re on the LTT forum
There is still plenty of the misogynistic bullshit.
What does this have to do with technology?
The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips is a very large part of the tech space, reviewing, and making videos about technology. This is actually bigger than that as it speaks to Linus media group, of which Linus tech tips is one of many tech related channels.
People sure love drama. If folks paid as much attention to their own lives and own situation as they do to LTT’s troubles the world would be a better place.
By creating that comment you are the epitome of drama
