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.”
The reactions are so… reddit-ey:
and all that stuff.
Its human nature not exclusive to reddit. You guys sure love talking about that place.
I knew it all along.
I feel so gratified
It’s what I’ve been saying all along
And my axe!
It’s almost as if we’re on a platform that imitates it.
That sounds exactly like what a Redditor would say
Feels like the pitchforks are out. People want blood and don’t care if the allegations are true or not.
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.
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.
Yeah, what are the chances that a company mismanaged by a bunch of incompetent unrepentant techbros also fostered a culture of sexual harassment?
Are we even living in the same reality? Tech bros? They’re a bunch of goofy nerds.
Are these labels mutually exclusive?
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.
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.
I thought most people stopped liking LTT years ago after they started going full corpo.
Why so many people watch them then? And put a lot of time into watching them…. Literally 4 hours of a podcast
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.
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.
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.
And that’s a huge red flag. If they thought so low of her work, they would have fired her.
Did I claim to? I’m looking at the pattern followed by people who jumped ship from Channel Awesome and Rooster Teeth.
I am the one claiming that if it happened to you once, you’d have a different opinion.
Are we obligated to support a company they we dont like just because they’re “job creators”?
I have made very few posts to Lemmy but a recent one was a neutral-ish post saying that I liked the Madison videos etc. but I’m also not jumping to boycott LTT based on the testimony of one person and also a YouTube expose. The responses I got were negative and I was also told not to “deadname” another creator… who I wager nobody would know who I am talking about if I used that name.
Long story short, the comparisons to reddit seem downright charitable so far. Pitchfork brigade bullshit. How about having a nuanced opinion on literally any topic? Or is the average Lemmy user a sanctimonious 19 year old basement socialist?
Arent the most refugees from reddit? M That would explain why so many being the culture with them.
Yes and no. Only a fraction of Redditors migrated, and that fraction is overrepresented by people who care about privacy, ethical business models, community projects and stewardship. And we’ve seen that the Lemmy discussions have been a lot more humane and productive.
I myself have remained pretty silent through this entire LMG saga. Maybe I represent a silent majority? Or maybe just a few? It’s time to put down the pitchforks. The company has responded, let’s wait and see what comes of it. At the end of the day, vote with your wallets. The LMG fanbase is starting to move out of “concerned citizenry” territory and into “self perpetuating angry mob” territory.
I think you’re right about the silent majority. This whole amplifying rage over thing is wild to see in real time. It’s scary how many people have Internet brain rot, check these ratios on most any push back to the rabid behaviour.
Agreed. I will stay subbed (for now) and see what comes from it.