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The recent criticism of Linus Tech Tips, explained (www.pcgamer.com)
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[-] jkmooney@kbin.social 45 points 2 years ago

I'm not really that familiar with LTT. I did subscribe to his channel, mainly because I was bemused by him borking his PC by rushing an install of Pop_OS and Steam. ("yes, do as I say", if you recall). Reading the PC Gamer article, it appears he did the same, "just drive on without thinking it through" approach to this prototype cooler. I haven't watched a lot of his videos and anyone can make a mistake but, there is an expectation that a "tech expert" show a bit of diligence. Plus, if he's showcasing a vendor, he should make sure they have every chance to shine.
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.....this guy is starting to look like a poser now....

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

imho, what's happened at LTT has a few separate root causes:

  1. A focus on extremely high output that means poor-quality work and poor working environment.

  2. Extreme unprofessionalism that works okay when you're a handful of guys who are close friends and all personally invested in the mission, but not when you're a big company with communication problems across the various working groups. This is normal growing pains when a company moves from "nimble start-up" into "big production", but Linus has been handling it really badly, and seems like a big part of the problem. Stepping back from the CEO role was a good first step but he's obviously still de-facto running the company.

I can't call Linus a poser since he and his team quite apparently know a massive amount about PC hardware, but the above factors mean they're going to make near-constant screw-ups, and now they're seeing real comeuppance from that.

edit: I just read the rest of the allegations on Xitter and holy shit this is worse than I thought. She really buried the lede. It's still "unprofessionalism" but a level of unprofessionalism that totally crosses the line far beyond normal growing pains. Flubbing workplace sexual harassment is a serious fuckup.

[-] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

…this guy is starting to look like a poser now…

Not starting, always has been

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