Probably not Forbes headline Linus would have wanted.
YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips’ Inaccuracies And Sexual Harassment Allegations, Explained
Submitted 1 year ago by Mog_Spawn@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 year ago
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
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
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.
discodoubloon@kbin.social 1 year ago
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 asks me about him he’s already lost.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Needs more click bait.
Title: I did a bad
Description: just plus 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.
Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
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.
Naemonogatari@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Imo none of this is even remotely news to me, one of LTTs most popular videos is that “I’ve never been this angry at someone and fired them before” where he had taken some new guy to go to his house and install a bunch of writing and stuff, totally outside any and all expectations of his job, and he’d done a not so stellar job, and it’s like, what did you expect? He’s not an electrician, he was like some sort of video editor or something? And you’re the fucking CEO? How do you think the guy felt? Oh right, you don’t give a single fuck. I don’t know man, that’s giving of some small business owner psychopath vibes.
batmaniam@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, that one hit me weird also. Like there’s videos of him doing installs and stuff at other employees houses, so maybe that’s just a culture thing, but it’s still weird. Like can you imagine one of the late-night folks making a joke about how the cue card guy screwed up installing his dishwasher, but not meaning it as a joke? Like you don’t screw with peoples livelihood.
Like if you had a glass instsall company, and some of your employees did a sloppy job on your personal shower door, you might have a talk with them, implement an improvement plan, etc because it affects clients experiences. What you wouldn’t do is put them on blast for views. And that’s only because it’s relevant to their actual work. Last I checked LTT doesn’t offer install services.
BendyLemmy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So really, it’s not just me that found him to be producing smarmy and careless content? My first views were of his various challenges - where they consistently ‘proved’ that people can’t do things in an OS that they don’t have experience with, which means they’d be better off doing it in a much worse OS that they used since they were kids - and therefore it’s better.
I really liked Nexus’s video - though it didn’t help me as I wouldn’t waste time on LTT. I don’t like or trust these coroporate video mills, any more than I trust Google/Youtube - they don’t give a toss as long as the money flows and they didn’t get sued.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
So the careless content didnt really matter much - so long that they were still a tech entertainment youtube channel. But with the advent of LTT Labs, theyre trying to push themselves into a more reputable tech reviewer space and thats where the problems arise.
601error@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Recently asked my coworkers. Turns out we all dislike Linus Sebastian and his content.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 year ago
Turns out we all dislike Linus Sebastian
I read that as "Turns out we all dislike Little Sebastian" and thought "Oh shit, don't let Ron Swanson hear you say that!"
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m quite amazed that the majority of people here simply take Madison’s allegations seriously and don’t pull the usual misogynistic bullshit.
traveler@lemdro.id 1 year ago
I’m just waiting to see what comes out from this “stop” they’re having. Nothing is perfect, and mistakes are constantly made. And they’re right, these issues are probably “growth pains”, but sexual harassment can’t be considered “growth pains” and it’s a very serious issue. Sadly most women I know has suffered any sexual harassment in their jobs, including my own girlfriend, so I hope they actually run an independent investigation and find what actually happened.
Feel sorry for the new CEO, which barely joined the company and already has to deal with a crisis of this size, but the fact Linus decided to step down this year shows he knows stuff isn’t going well and that he’s unable to handle such a large company.
Redditiscancer789@lemmy.world 1 year ago
New CEO was shadowing for the last 6 months to “make sure they were a good fit”.
Doesn’t seem to be the savior everyone expects.
bAYse_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Feeling bad for a CEO lol. He bought a company and is now making money off of the backs of laborers, just because he is now (potentially) at risk of becoming a worker again doesn’t make me feel bad for him. Feel bad for the laborers who are victims of a toxic work culture and pressures to perform to the standard of the old CEO (who still holds most of the power, by the way.) And as someone else said, if the CEO had a problem with the company, he maybe shouldn’t have bought the company in the first place. You’ll never get me to ‘feel sorry’ for the new CEO, lol.
Phantom3805@lemmy.world 1 year ago
He was hired to do the job, he didn’t buy shit
OneClappedCheek@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Linus and Yvonne still own LMG. Terren is just running the company now.
CollisionResistance@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Everyone you like will disappoint you someday. Fuck you Linus.
Hector_McG@programming.dev 1 year ago
Not everyone be any means, but if you admire narcissistic extroverts then sure, you’re always going to be disappointed.
kryllic@programming.dev 1 year ago
I think that’s usually the type of person who puts themselves out there in the public’s eye to be consumed though
foggy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just hope Louis Rossman doesn’t snap.
Please don’t Louis 🥺
Guy basically just puts out anger content now. He’s a real hero who’s fighting an important fight but he’s just inundated with bullshit and is stuck seeing everything through shit colored glasses lately.
chemsed@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I mean everything goes to shit. 2023 could not get me more pessimistic. 2020 was a bad year, but I still got hope that it is temporary. Now, I see that company don’t have limit in screwing their consumers and I can’t do anything about it.
EnderWi99in@kbin.social 1 year ago
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.
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 situation and why.
Only if you're open to it, and same goes for anyone else open to responding. I might do something with it in the form of a short story and would share the results here. Apologies if the ask is inappropriate and I can delete this.
august_senpai@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What does this have to do with technology?
andyMFK@reddthat.com 1 year ago
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.
p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Don’t really give a shit about the water block thing, sounds like drama for the sake of drama. The toxic environment and sexual harassment allegations are pretty serious though.
andyMFK@reddthat.com 1 year ago
You think selling something that isn’t yours, after you told the owner you would return it, is drama for the sake of drama?
Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
hydriplex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s an optimistic viewpoint while also dismissing the issues at hand.
SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Crazy how much shit dropped on LTT simply from a gamer nexus video. It’s beautiful
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
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.
BlinkAndItsGone@lemm.ee 1 year ago
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.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And all this because LMG started the war by calling them shit. You get what’s coming to you eventually, I guess.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 year ago
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.
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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.