I don't even really understand what's going on, but I'm entertained nonetheless
I don't even really understand what's going on, but I'm entertained nonetheless
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"Knows of Linus Tech Tips but hasn't watched it": kalm
"Read the latest drama and how Linus is a horrible person": panik
"It's not Linus Torvalds": kalm
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Bro. The shit he talked to people on all those Linux kernel mailing lists is in a whole different league. There was an entire subreddit dedicated to all the Torvalds rants. He wouldn't survive a day working as a CEO.
Also he and Stallman both had to back off or resign in a way.
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Okay honest confession... I read it enough to make sure it wasn't Torvalds.
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Narcissist YouTuber, but I repeat myself, has trouble backing down and taking feedback.
Now that there's some drama people are dogpiling with more drama, related to ex employees.
My guess is we're not going to see much more drama from the LTT side. The new CEO is going to go silent running for a while, which is probably their best course of action. Then release of statement that they're going to investigate the exemployee's accusations, but since it's a private matter they can't talk about a publicly. Which again is the most reasonable thing they can do.
In a week they'll start publishing videos again without talking about either event. Maybe in a month they'll be a follow-up on their new processes.
So for the next week everyone's going to brigade against LTT because it's fun to do, and then it will blow over.
The memes though, the memes will be legendary!
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don’t forget the Blizzard apology – “We’re sorry you feel upset.”
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That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
-The Narcissist's Prayer
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I've seen that guys face on my recommendations before, but never watched anything because he looked like a whiny removed 😂 looks like I was right!
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Definite pewdiepie vibes.
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Pewdiepie is just a disgusting mustard horse son - Linus is just blissfully oblivious
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I was just happy to realize this afternoon that this is a different Linus than Linus Torvalds. I was very confused this morning how out of the loop I was to not realize The Linus had become a youtuber. Now this makes more sense (or at least I no longer care at all)
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This Linus failed to install Linux multiple times, but is somehow a prominent tech influencer.
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He's always been an entertainer first.
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lmao, the duality of Linus
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I'm just getting caught up, never watched any of their videos before either. Was hoping the drama was just over something inconsequential but juicy & amusing.. but no, of course it's something icky and depressing.
Also this is from Linus Sebastian's email response to the Verge:
In addition to our existing report systems (both anonymous and otherwise) we’ve proactively reached out internally today to encourage members of our team to report any workplace bullying or harassment..
So they're proactively reacting to the allegations? Am I just really stoned?
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They’re proactively reaching out to employees in case that they’ve experienced any bullying of harassment, but haven’t self reported it.
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I read that as "proactively...before these people can speak up and add to our current issues".
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You’re not missing much.
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Hobbydrama needs a place on the fediverse.
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We just need knowledgeable, skilled summarizers to actually fill it 🥲
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This has been brewing for quite a while. The meeting after Madison left has been secretly recorded and leaked 6 months ago.
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relatable
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Same, I had heard of the channel on reddit but was never interested until now.
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Honestly it has been a pretty good techy channel for a while, but like many things, apparently it's become a victim of its own success. Ive gone down the rabbit hole on LTT YouTube episodes a few times in the past - really enjoyed what I decided to watch, this news is really unfortunate to what was (in my opinion) a great channel
Gamer nexus was always great too (the few episodes I watched), that's why this is such news. I'm going to sit down and really listen to the video GN did
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I used to really enjoy watching LTT unboxing videos even if it was for a product that I wasn't interested in. Watching Linus struggle to open product boxes while he talked about their features was just a part of my nightly routine. The videos back then were much more down to earth. There was no B roll, and hardly anything got cut out. The closest thing we have to that now is the Short Circuit channel, but even that is overproduced compared to old school LTT videos.
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I'm waiting the ukulele song!
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With the power of AI I pray for one to be actually made by someone
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is there somewhere I can be updated?
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If you want to be fully up to speed, first watch the initial video critique here
https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc?t=99
Then watch the follow-up response video:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=X3byz3txpso
Then watch the LTT apology video:
https://piped.mha.fi/watch?v=0cTpTMl8kFY
There's also a whole other thing about workplace harassment of a former employee (who quit for mental health reasons), but I don't have the link to that right now.
Edit: The Verge have put out a really good run down of all the different issues here:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834190/linus-tech-tips-gamersnexus-madison-reeves-controversy
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Most of it is floating around the fediverse, but a quick rundown from my superficially gleaned view:
Someone called out LTT for shitty quality videos, LTT responded publicly in a roundabout snarky way. Then a former employee called out LTT for their shitty treatment of employees, which LTT responded in an even more snarky way. Their subscriber count took a hit, and it's all been going downhill since then.
I'm sure someone will come along with more details, but that's about the jist of it.
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No more detail is needed... this circle jerk is too much as is.
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