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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 7heo@lemmy.ml to c/linustechtips@lemmy.ml
 


Some updates I got from threadreaderapp:

Link to the thread provided by @lbj@lemmy.world.

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[–] pizzahoe@lemm.ee 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What the fuck!!! This was absolutely enraging to know. Linus is a piece of shit. I can't even comment on one specific thing as worse in the whole thread. Everything is fucked up about how they treated her.

fuck linus media group and fuck that motherfucker pretending to be a nice and friendly guy. How you treat your people behind closed doors is your character not the fake YouTube shit.

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[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ok I will wait couple of days to see how it continues, but I will most likely unsubscibe from all their channels and stop watching them completely. Which will not be hard. For real reviews I watch Hardware Unboxed and Gamer Nexus. LTT was on my watch list for some funy/interesting video here and there. And even those I watched less and less.

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (1 children)

She really should have went to a lawyer. Besides the fact that she was sexually harassed, lied to, and other large issues, an employer cannot just willy nilly change your contract after you already agreed to one. Them changing the contract after moving to that country, losing her visa, and virtually being stranded there is exactly the same strategy that traffickers employ to exploit immigrants into virtual slavery.

[–] kquote03@lemm.ee 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unless it's legally risky for her (I'm unfamiliar with Canadian law), I really hope she starts dropping names.

Some people really gotta be placed on the chopping block.

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[–] jkmooney@kbin.social 46 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Unsubscribed from the LTT channel now. To be honest, I mainly followed it because I was amused this "tech influencer" borked his PC trying to install Pop_OS.

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[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 44 points 2 years ago (5 children)

oh my god they released a tone-deaf apology video after this thread went up. it's an okay response to the GN stuff but hold the fucking video to address the horrifying allegations. jesse-wtf

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[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago

Tech bros being sexist, gropey scumbags

I’m shocked

[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 43 points 2 years ago (4 children)

LTT is approaching Amazon levels of fucked up

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[–] ox0r@jlai.lu 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Linus is just another tyrant boss, surprise

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Talk about psychological harassment. Holy shit.

Yeah LTT just lost me for sure. I'm never watching another one of their videos after this.

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[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago

Wow thats fucked. I'm so sorry for Madison because she was originally thrilled to be involved with LTT. They took advantage of her.

Linus will get through this unscathed but it's damning that downright predatory and toxic men still rule the tech industry.

[–] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (13 children)

Wtf this is really fucked if true.. this week's wan show is gonna be interesting

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[–] jwagner7813@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Hindsight is 2020 and all, but I did always feel like something was a bit off with his demeanor (Linus). First I thought it was just his camera voice/personality, but now I'm thinking it's just him turned up (or down) a notch...

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Linus is a shit to his workers. This is entirely unsurprising.

This seems to be a problem with techbros in general but he always gave me similar vibes to John Carmack and he's been a shit his entire life.

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[–] John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fucking roosterteeth all over again. 12 years there as a follower, 9 here. Dropped both forever, now. Never getting my view or my money again.

These tech/YouTube companies need to be fucking stacked union or employee owned businesses for me to give them money at this point. There's no other way I can trust them.

My only remaining sliver of hope is that Luke is not involved, and if he isn't, that floatplane can break off and go their own way.

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[–] shadowspirit@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I swear I tried. I got ten screenshots/links in and then killed myself. I'm posting from the grave. Long live Lemmy. Infinite Twitter screenshot support was my dying wish for the fedi-verse. Bless you.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Jesus. That’s me unsubscribing.

What’s this about the OnlyFans though? Why does LTT have OnlyFans?

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[–] RandomUserName123@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Small business owners be like

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[–] InstructionsNotClear@midwest.social 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

It has always been that he is a petty bourgeois shit especially after his take on unionization.

does ~~Anthony~~ (is that still her name?) still work there?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

She’s Emily now and we haven’t seen her since she came out on camera.

Given the way the internet acts about trans people, that might be her choice, but given all this new info, who the hell knows?

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