The problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics & Responsibility [Gamers Nexus] - Up: Allegations of Abuse by Former Employee of LTT
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I'd suggest Code Bullet. He writes AI code to see how well it can play a game or solve a problem, etc...
Linus is now dipping his toes into diet racism. Makes my decision to stop supporting this dumbass after the GN/Sexual issues even better.
View: https://twitter.com/dbrand/status/1777823124479734097
View: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1778160540013240343
View: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1778165221414347053
View: https://twitter.com/dbrand/status/1777823124479734097
View: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1778160540013240343
View: https://twitter.com/linusgsebastian/status/1778165221414347053
I don't understand why so many people "settle" for watching his trash channel. There's so many better tech channels, podcasts, communities, etc. that actually have real technical knowledge as opposed to LTT which just feels like fake knowledge sponsored by ______.
His videos have returned to raking in millions of views. He feels emboldened and vindicated to continue his shitty behavior and by the looks of it saying even worse, confident he can get away with it. The pompous smugness he wrote that "good luck with that argument" says it all.
Their whole shtick is being edgy "for the lulz" on social media. Trash ass company.
You can ban channels from being recommended to you. I did that with all of the LMG channels as they popped up when all of this started. I haven't seen a single one since. You can do it on desktop by hovering over the video then clicking the 3 dots button that appears on the thumbnail. Just click "Don't recommend channel" and you won't see anything from that channel anymore. You can do it on the tv apps by holding the enter button on the video and then pressing the same option on the menu.
Oh wow. I wonder if that stooge would follow the same line of reasoning and be super cool about it if somebody were to make a racist, misogynist crack about his wife's last name 🤔
What a trash person.
It's incredible to see both companies and CEOs being the kind of edgelord I used to identify myself as like 20 years ago, in my teens.
We would probably get an hour long Linus video about why this isn't ok.
Lol, that's not being edgy, this was completely unprompted to a person seeking customer support. Imagine having an issue with a product, reaching to the manufacturer and getting told "ur name looks like it spells shit rash kek, go away", the fuck?
It would be "slightly" more forgiving if they provided any sort of support, but nope.
He'd qualify for the Olympics with the degree of mental gymnastics.
Wouldn't it be better for mkbhd to just cut ties? It's like, delete the tweet, still be a crummy edgelord brand behind the scenes that still gets money because of the brand sponsorship
well, its mkbhd who until now i didnt know had a spine. baby steps
I'm impressed mkbhd showed that level of backbone in speaking out against this. Where was it when PewDiePie was dropping n bombs and anti-Semitic posts, though? Or Elon Musk's recent tweets about HBCUs?
Dude is still trash for those situations, but I know that being the major Black name in this space forces you to make compromises on choosing targets. Not that I agree with his silence, but it's easy to chastise someone for silence when it's not your head on the chopping block in an industry with little minorities representation to begin with.
It's hard to sympathize when he has the reach and voice that he has, but can only gather the gumption to use it against a fucking phone case company for the easy points. Why bother at all?
"We're not going to stop". They obviously went for the first approach that MKBHD was talking about dodging.
ya and then the snark with maybe someone else will get 10k when we inevitably fuck up again. what fkn chuds lol
I know I should never look at the comments but fuck me if it doesn't feel like we've hit a new low reading some responses on Reddit. Upvoted comments like "Indians keep groping women, why don't they apologize for that first" and stuff like that. It's so exhausting man.
I don't have a clue about Marques or his early background before being well-known. I will say this a Black man in medicine with friends in corresponding fields like law, engineering, etc. It's easy to be critical about principals when it's not your life or paycheck. I cynically look at Marques as not fucking with his money, but who isn't like that? Do I say every little complain I have working with department chairs, doctors, etc? No, because I'd be on the street and industries like these will only tolerate baby steps. It fucking sucks, but that's the reality of the situation.
It's one thing to stay quiet, but in those two particular situations (pdp and Elon), he's not simply staying quiet but also ardently riding for them. An active participant in that whole "Sub to PewDiePie" wave and well-documented Tesla evangelist.
Dbrand is a major sponsor for many bigger general tech channels and well, unsurprisingly so many of them including Linus showed their ass here. General racist bullying is still funny to people. Not surprised.
I think like a lot of people he was a Tesla fan and he was given exclusive access to their products. But now he seems much more bullish on it and objective. He also got rid of his Tesla for a Rivian, as did iJustine.
He may have the cybertruck but I think he also talked about selling it. You also just can't be in that space and pretend Tesla doesn't exist either.
Wait. Fam was actively riding for them? I thought he was just quiet. In that case, I withdraw my prior comments. My bad on that. Fuck him with no exceptions then.
Trying to play the reverse racism card is pretty low, even for Linus.
I had to search for the original dbrand tweet as they've since deleted it - and whoooo boy, it's even worse than I would have guessed it was.
Certainly adds fuel in my mind to the argument that LMG is a toxic workplace if he thinks that shit is remotely acceptable.
Certainly adds fuel in my mind to the argument that LMG is a toxic workplace if he thinks that shit is remotely acceptable.
What they say? I can't find the original. You can paraphrase.
Some things are best left off-site. Posting a screenshot would feel gross.
Comes up in results on google for "dbrand tweet".
Eh I'd argue screenshots are better than linking to the shitty things and giving it actual view metrics, especially when it's on Twitter. But I did find the image.
Dbrand shocks with racist tweet at customer; thinks you'll be ok with it in return for $10,000
Dbrand offers to pay an Indian customer $10,000 after making fun of his name but says it's not going to stop.
www.phonearena.com
Yeah, you're 100% right there - giving the tweet metrics is the worse option. Just didn't want to be personally responsible for posting it to the site.