Linus Tech Tips halts production amid allegations of unethical behavior, inaccuracies,...

[Loadedaxe]

Not after, but before. The block was agreed to be given back before the GN Video, not after.

And not once, but twice!

 

[McMurdeR]

I've enjoyed LTS content, and I like Linus himself, he's a genuine enthusiast who has contributed positively to the community over the years. I've never viewed LTS as an authority on reviews, they're a little too goofy, rushed, imprecise, and occasionally egotistical for my tastes. Their recent content seems to aim to be entertaining rather than informative, but occasionally stumbles at both. I'm also a little uncomfortable with their industry links and endorsements, with Noctua, for example. It isn't wise for an outfit that claims to be impartial. I was also confused by Linus's insistence that Steve should have talked to him before the original GN piece was published, it suggests that he doesn't understand that his credibility in the community should be underpinned by integrity, and not by who he knows.
That's not to say LTS shouldn't have a place, just so long as they don't misinform, and I think that's the crux of the GN pieces, which was undeniably harsh but fair.
It took a few days, but I think they've finally found the right response, and I genuinely hope LTS reinvent themselves, and look forward to see where they land once they've had a chance to figure all this out...

 

[McMurdeR]

I remember when he "borrowed" stuff from his workplace to make videos in the park on a bench.

That was when he was at his best imo. He reflected a time when PC gaming was about scrounging the cheapest parts together and getting them to work in a way that blew other dedicated gaming platforms out of the water in terms of sheer power and originality.

In some ways LTS's recent content reflects the worst sides of PC gaming culture today, especially as presented on social media - over the top, over priced, superficial and underwhelming.

 

[PurpleYoda]

I had issues with how he does his reviews for a long time (clear mistakes, low number of data points, weird opinions, etc), but I generally still watched them.

But I took serious issue with him accepting Nvidia's 4060 early review "offer" which spammed youtube with positive videos about the 4060 a day early before the actual third party reviews. Then he had the gall to tell me that he wasn't paid for it... as if getting an one day early video on the 4060 didn't make him money when everybody else who refused to do something this unethical was still under NDA.

I see, thx, good to know!

 

[PurpleYoda]

So.. a year later was there ever an update released regarding the sexual allegations and the internal investigation?

 

[Puiu]

So.. a year later was there ever an update released regarding the sexual allegations and the internal investigation?

There was a third party investigation and they found that it was mostly BS from one ex-employee.

 

[ZedRM]

There was a third party investigation and they found that it was mostly BS from one ex-employee.

To be fair it was more than one.

 

[captaincranky]

So.. a year later was there ever an update released regarding the sexual allegations and the internal investigation?

There was a third party investigation and they found that it was mostly BS from one ex-employee.

To be fair it was more than one.

OK KIdz, I'm sure this, prima facia, looks like a "TLR". But please humor me and give it a shot.

It looks like everybody's right here, and everybody's wrong, all at once. These, "sexual harassment interactions", are baked into the "eternal battle of the sexes". And any "conclusions", are predicated on a particular person's baked in belief system, and social status.

To be fair, the bar on what constitutes "sexual harassment", is constantly being raised or lowered, depending mostly on the party's involved ulterior motives.

The males of our species are granted, mostly pigs, However, females have a baked in propensity to nest. So, the conflict starts when a females decision as to whether or not she wants "to nest" with a particular male, along with an evaluation as to whether or not "male X" has the same goal in mind.

However, if he doesn't, her nesting instincts haven't gone away. Let's say she still wants to nest, not with that given male, but with his affluence instead. Then she can set the level of what constitutes "sexual harassment" at whatever point it needs to be to achieve her goals. Bearing this in mind, she strolls into work in a pair of skin tight, two sizes too small leggings, (panty lines optional).

So the boss, (and we already know he's going to be "stimulated" by her outfit), tells her, "you look good in that outfit". Her nesting instinct kicks in, she decides she's being "sexualized", he's not serious, and the legal battle ensues.

(To be fair, he is aroused by her, but in a harmless, non contact way)..

Or, to the opposite extreme, he decides he's "a star", and so he's entitled to walk over and grab her where the sun doesn't shine. And the legal battle ensues. (Hey, it seemed to work for whatshisname).

So, here are are in 2024. < If you say "four" in an Irish accent that rhymes.

Man has evolved to the point where the primary aspect of his personality differentiating him from the animals is ulterior motives..

Unfortunately, all mammals still require two sexes to procreate. Both of which seek dominance over the other.

And, last we have lawyers. All of which have latent sociopathic tendencies, exhibited by their desire to win at all costs, uninhibited by the fact it no longer matters what the "truth" actually is.

 

[ZedRM]

@captaincranky
You make some compelling points.

 

[captaincranky]

@ZedRM Here's the punchline that I couldn't convince the software to allow me to edit in:

So, the moral of the story is, for a male to be successful as a "sexual predator", he has to resort to doing it the "old fashioned way", as it is done in the rest of the carnivorous kingdom.

Which is, "you approach from downwind so she can't smell you coming".

 

[Puiu]

@captaincranky you had me at "nest"