Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls
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The controversy continues to grow.

Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

  • TBi@lemmy.world
    3422·
    1 year ago

    Feels like the pitchforks are out. People want blood and don’t care if the allegations are true or not.

    • OonTaaKissa@kbin.social
      238·
      1 year ago

      People are leaning into the hate circlejerk way too hard, apart from the forum rant they have handled this situation pretty well. They addressed GN’s concerns in their apology video by improving their workflows and communication, and are now hiring an investigator for Madison’s claims. I can’t really think of anything more that they could do, but I guess some people just want to be mad.

      • AssholeDestroyer@lemmy.ml
        9·
        1 year ago

        They already did the damage. If someone steals something from me and slanders my name, I’m still going to be mad after they say sorry.

    • ProvableGecko@lemmy.world
      239·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, what are the chances that a company mismanaged by a bunch of incompetent unrepentant techbros also fostered a culture of sexual harassment?

    • SpeakinTelnet@sh.itjust.works
      146·
      1 year ago

      LTT is down, the community has made clear what they expected and they’ve acknowledged it. It’s time to let them grow and recover from the situation.

      People who are just looking at a reason to hate on them and fuel their anger are just gonna be left behind once everyone moves forward without them.

    • SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world
      82·
      1 year ago

      I thought people loved LTT. Theres only hatred now in the internet.

      I really like LTT. All the stuff about mistakes and inaccuracies dont feel that bad to me personally and I feel like LTT would be in a better place regarding accuracy and testing after this.

      Regarding the sell of the cooling system, yeah its bad. But I do believe it was a miscommunication and mismanagement within LTT. And int that case at least money can solve it.

      Regarding the sexual harassments or “sexually bad environment” yeah this is really bad. I do attribute this to their male dominant eviornent. All those little sexual jokes are so fucking lame and really belong to the distant past of history. They behave like they are 16. The fact that they dont have women in the front of as presenters really shows they are all so sexist. Or at least the one at the top. I do hope justice will be done and everyone accountable gets the proper punishment. And I hope that after this the company will finally grow up and realize they can be still funny and with high quality without the need to oppress women.

      I want to keep having fun and getting informed from LTT and i hope they can solve all that.

      No pitchforks and no hatred.

    • monkeyman512@lemmy.worldEnglish
      77·
      1 year ago

      I think an important thing people forget is even if they hate Linus, there are a lot of other people who work there that will be negatively impacted if LTT is “burnt to the ground”. I am hoping they step up, take the criticism professionaly and improve. Anything else is a major disappointment.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
        613·
        1 year ago

        No one today plans on staying with their company for 20+ years. Every working adult should have an exit strategy for any job from day one.

        If the allegations are true, even more so if you’re working at LTT. If they’re competent, they’ll find another job.

        • Kilgore Trout@feddit.it
          9·
          1 year ago

          If they’re competent, they’ll find another job.

          Ironically, one of the things Madison claims is that it was said to her that her coworkers could afford that, while she could not.

          I don’t believe you ever suddenly lost your job.

          • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
            11·
            1 year ago

            Did I claim to? I’m looking at the pattern followed by people who jumped ship from Channel Awesome and Rooster Teeth.

              • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
                12·
                1 year ago

                Are we obligated to support a company they we dont like just because they’re “job creators”?

          • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
            11·
            1 year ago

            And that’s a huge red flag. If they thought so low of her work, they would have fired her.