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Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls (www.theverge.com)

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What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company to hire an outside investigator.

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[–] ImpossibilityBox 108 points 1 year ago (19 children)

I was on the fence regarding wether or not to stay subscribed to his YouTube and floatplane.

The "apology" video started to push me towards staying on board until HE LITERALLY SHRUGGED before his apology.

They are talking the talk about doing better, being more accurate, and going over the videos more thoroughly and then they let that COMPLETELY slide? If no one who watched that video ever said "Hey maybe a shrug before your apology might be sending the wrong message?" than there is definitely somethings NG massively wrong at LMG.

The to top things off this Madison stuff comes out of the woodwork?

Yeah, I'm done with LMG. l hope that the talented people who work there either get rid of Linus completely or are able to move on to roles in healthier places.

[–] KidDogDad 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I respectfully disagree that the shrug should be read as indifference to the issues going on. I think the rest of his apology, regardless of whether it was sufficient or not, shows that he is taking it seriously.

That's not at all to question your decision to be done with LMG. Anyone who chooses that in this situation is completely justified, IMHO. Madison's accusations especially are very troubling, and I hope they deal with it thoroughly, and tell us what they did after it's taken effect. That sort of behavior is completely unacceptable and if it means that Linus needs to go, then Linus needs to go.

[–] Deca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tbh when I heard him apologise, it did not sound genuine at all. More like him reading off a script that someone else wrote for him to save face.

If anything, he's not sorry for what he's done, he's just sorry he finally got called out for it

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