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Not once, heck no. But I'd pick a publisher or developer I really hate and reinstall it 10,000 times. I also recommend thousands of other people do the same. I'm sure something will happen lol

Enshitification: Unity Edition

I don't regularly watch GN, because I can see the paint drying up while he talks, and I need more than that when I put a video on background.
But when I need to check a review on something, I will always check his channel to see if they have a video on that, as I will check LTT, Jay, Paul's Hardware, etc.
 
My problem right now is that he stirred all this drama, painted himself as a paragon of morality and ethics in journalism, and when called on it, his response is to deflect criticism, make up his own rules, and when called on it again, he makes the video private and makes an empty statement about "not reading the room".
Never did he own up to his mistakes, and that makes me sad, because I want them to have quality, as it is good for everyone.
 
He calls himself an expert in journalism (in his personal Linkedin page), but then proceeds to ignore one of the basic foundations of journalism to stir up drama and take a competitor down a notch.
If this was about the true story, he would've given us both sides.
And when he didn't, he should've apologized for that, instead of doubling down.
 
And hopefully, LMG can actually fulfil their promises to do better, it would be great for everyone if they can get the Labs running full steam ahead with great precision.

I'm hoping TechTechPotato/Ian or someone with a journalism background can do another deep dive comparing GNs 'Reaching out' policies to other organisations 'Right to Reply' or 'Fair opportunity to respond' editorial policies. I'm reading GN's against Ofcom/BBC and others and they prima facie do not seem to align very well. The opportunity for a subject to make a public statement before a story is published, or reducing the impact of a story is not a legitimate reason to not offer the subject an opportunity to respond or seek comment according to other journalistic organisations. The reasons other places mention are "possible interference with witnesses or those to whom we have a duty of care, or other legal reasons." 
 
 

I am on the wrong forum. I don't care enough to be this angry.
 
I just really don't give a damn. 

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Time, place, and audience are huge. Could I make a crude joke while in a meeting with my boss? Probably, and vise versa. We know one another's humor. Would I make just any joke at an all-hands meeting? No. 

Linus statement to verge "I was in a state of shock reading through these allegations, plain and simple. They aren’t consistent with my recollections. They aren’t consistent with our internal processes. They aren’t consistent with our company values."   yeah maybe he should have said he didn't know the depth of it instead of "it's not consistent with my recollections" 
  clearly he tried to address it the day after madson left so he knew something.
  Also the incels here are disgusting people saying "She was asking for it" because she was making shitposts/memes on her twitter and jokes when she appeared on LTT videos calling her a hysterical woman questioning the timing when she clearly stated why she didn't reveal it earlier due to the LTT incels backlash, which proved her right calling her mentally ill and unreliable witness calling her a lazy/sensitive zoomer people saying she's doing this for attention when clearly revealing this does not benefit her in any way, and in fact makes her a target formore online harassment
waiting for more evidence is fine sure, but some people here clearly have problems with women  

So a rape victim that comes forward and didn't immediately go to the police is lying?
A sexual assault victim that comes out and says X did Y and didn't run to the police is lying?
Anyone who accuses someone without involving the police first above all else is lying?
 
You have no f-ing clue what it's like to be a survivor of that stuff, how quickly people turn on you, just look at people in this thread how fast they just accuse someone of lying because they chose to speak out.

I'm sorry but this is a pretty broke take. Not everyone who faces a hostile workplace or sexual harassment at work files a lawsuit, nor does not filing a lawsuit mean definitively that it didn't happen. Victims of workplace or sexual harassment often don't file lawsuits (sometimes, complaints internally - Madison said there was no process because upper management at LMG controlled HR and ignored her complaint taking no action on them) because they fear retaliation from the current or ex-employer, or others (which, given the content of this thread, was totally justified in Madison saying she feared the fanbase harassing her, sending her death threats, and attacking her character).

If these were easily dismissed matters, Terren Tong as LMG CEO would not be hiring a third party investigator to get to the bottom of things. 

The investigation will get to the bottom of things, in the course of some time.

Beyond disappointing to see the contrast in community reaction between the GN/Billet thread and here.
 
< needless flaming removed >
 
Young female LTT employee opens up about being bullied, harassed, and possibly assaulted during her time at the company? Community proceeds to debate the timing, stroke their chins over what "inappropriately grabbed" means, belittles the work the employee did, and attack her professionalism and mental health. And of course the mouth-breathers are in here too adding some unveiled misogyny to the mix.
 
I haven't been on these forums much or at all the past few months because I was growing disenchanted with LTT's content and I was focused on other hobbies besides PC stuff. This thread makes me not want to be a part of this community at all. Although I'm not sure I would want to have to acknowledge "Yes, I'm an active member of the LTT forums, yes that Linus" after this week anyway. 

I avoid purchasing anything from amazon due to the treatment of their employees. I'll avoid purchasing anything from LMG due to the treatment of their employees.

Honestly, GN's stuff... I didn't really care at first, and the way LMG addressed it in the video made me feel comfortably that it would be resolved.
 
This stuff though... This is different. If this turns out to be true, I don't think I'd be able to watch LMG anymore. It'd be a shame. Tons of incredible people work there, and all I could hope for is them finding another place.
 
My next Floatplane billing date is 21 September, so I'm giving LMG until then to address this stuff.
Dankpods FP sub is yearly and is billed in July next year. I'll probably just want nothing to do with LMG anymore if this is not handled properly, so then I'd probably cut Floatplane out as well.
 
Been watching LMG for a decade now. This shit sucks, especially for all the good people who work or used to work for LMG. I don't want it to be true, but for some reason I fear it is. That is mostly gut feeling though, but still.

The overall tone of this thread is proof positive that Madison's concerns are completely justified.

it's joever

yeah, they deleted this comment

Unions exist to steal your money. Neither I nor many of the people I talk with, working at different companies have seen any benefits from being in a union. Only wasting money.

Being brutally honest, given some of the responses posted in this thread, there are definitely people here who would be a good fit for LMG, it seems.
 
Calling someone’s testimony unreliable because of their poor mental health, when the literal cause of that is what they’re testifying about, is stupid beyond belief. As is the belief that someone can just hire tens of thousands of dollars worth of legal representation to get justice.
 
Frankly, LMG, and tech in general, still primarily attracts… let’s call it people with not much experience of the opposite sex. Get a whole workplace full of people like that, and add someone of the opposite sex, and yeah. This is frankly not surprising, unfortunately.
 
Will the last one out please turn off the lights.

Linus is the new Fuck Spez

WHAT THE FUCK!
 
This forum has higher standards than their workplace 
 

What an absolutely tone-deaf response. 
 
You ignore a number of factors, such as the power-dynamics that would be involved in a position like such. I am a bit perplexed how you don't understand what "inappropriately grabbed" means. As you are completely unaware of sexual harrassment that occur in the workplace (perhaps you are and that is actually the issue). 
I don't believe that she was "offended" by the fact that senior management wasn't "fire(d)" because she was complaining. She was discussing how the inappropriate management of the facilities/programs was not being addressed. 

I'm completely perplexed at how someone could be this level of complete inaccuracy in their reading.

I've been a lurker on this site for years and have thought about joining for a while but haven't till recently and if you are a representative of the community here, I don't really think almost anyone would want to come here.
 
Also, if you wish you can try that "Oh you just haven't been out in a real workplace" thing - that is fine. I worked for the railroad for several years and have had to deal with being told a bunch of things when the issues weren't my fault. So that won't really land with me, but you are welcome to still make them nonetheless. 

Baffled at all of the comments saying that it’s convenient for her to be popping up now and sharing all of this.
 
This is exactly like the MeToo movement. People don’t post their stories out of fear of repercussions. But now that the iron is hot, it makes sense to come out now.

This is the nail in the coffin for me.
Madison’s experience is deplorable and should never have allowed to happen in any company at any size.
 
Even if she exaggerated (and why would she? She has nothing to gain from this), even if only 10% of this is factual that is STILL not okay.
 
I simply cannot believe LMG was like this after all the parades and talks about being a fun company that does things right.
 
I feel heartbroken but I will probably unsubscribe from all LMG channels. I’m done. Hey, maybe it will even help me from my YouTube addiction.
 
But most of all, I feel for Madison. What. A. Shit show.

Like holy fucking shit. What the fuck?