RoseLuck462

I really miss LTT.. Thursday can’t arrive soon enough.

Has there been any communication on it? Maybe on floatplane?

Has there been any communication on it? Maybe on floatplane?

Her. timing. Is. NOT. sus.

She had an influx of people contacting her that she did not want. She has been hounded with people asking about her experience at LTT ever since she left and she has tried to dodge those. But all of the sudden LTT DRAMA. people be like, oooooh I know where I can get more drama. and went at her. 

When you have the option to give people the benefit of the doubt and give them a charitable reading. give them the benefit of the doubt and a charitable reading.

Stop attributing malice when there may not be any. People are not usually... malicious. 
 

Not sure if this will get lock or not, but just wanted to say in general that even though things are rough right now, we do appreciate you guys a lot. 
I've been watching you guys since 2014, and I've got to say that y'all have really gotten me into the PC game. Every company has it's moments, and this one will pass just like the rest of them. 
I personally really owe you guys a lot and I know a lot of other people on the forum feel similarly. I really hope things get better for y'all soon. 
 
-NS

Your workplace sounds pretty toxic ngl

Your workplace sounds pretty toxic ngl

Your workplace sounds pretty toxic ngl

Your workplace sounds pretty toxic ngl

I have read and acknowledge the disclaimer, and have chose to post a new topic vice creating a new topic in hopes that someone at Linus Media Group will read it. If this post is inappropriate, please delete or merge it. If it offends, please ban me outright. I've put a lot of honest work into this letter, and to me it is worth the risk.
 
I know that there is a lot going on at Linus Media Group this week, and people on the internet must be saying terrible things. It wouldn't surprise me if death threats were thrown as well. I took some time yesterday to put some constructive thoughts together after the announcement of the cancellation of the WAN Show for the week. The intent of this letter is not to criticize, but to provoke constructive thought, and I hope it gets seen by anyone at the company.
 
I am not disappointed with your decision, and I also don’t consider the “streak” broken because of this. A missed WAN show because of a greater pause on (what was called “all”)  video production should mean WAN show as well.
 
I am however troubled by the evidence presented against Linus Media Group, and I won’t hold it against whoever runs social media, as it seems the workers were failed by management in this case. When I say “you or your”, it is a collective Linus Media Group management “you or your", and not directed at a single member of the team or management member.
 
I feel that the community is entitled to an explanation of your actions resulting in the cause of this. Even as an IT professional, my purchasing habits on products not of my area of expertise are greatly influenced by your content. I previously thought that the perceived collective integrity of your content meant that I could trust your data, and consider your opinions in my decisions to purchase those products. I understand that while I was not necessarily wrong, my trust may have been partly misguided.
 
I don’t fault you on your hastily corrected script details or your allegedly lopsided charts. These can be attributed to mistakes. Mistakes can and will happen, and trying to prevent them is folly.
 
The difference between mistake and malice is intent. A willingness to publish known bad data to fulfill a deadline is unacceptable.
 
The fact that this has happened at all shows that leadership at Linus Media Group has become so complacent that quantity has become more important than quality.
 
It is my belief that due to this, you’ve fallen into a constant crunch culture. Your employees (and maybe yourselves as well) are under so much pressure to perform up to deadlines that you’ve established yourself, that you’re willing to publish know bad data rather than miss an upload.
 
I’m pretty sure I subscribe to every Linus Media Group channel. I’ve thought on numerous occasions “I wouldn’t mind them shutting down production on TechQuickie or ShortCircut indefinitely, or even reduce the overall upload schedule if it means that content will have longer time in the oven.
 
ShortCircut always seems rushed, and can instead be used as filler on the LTT channel. My perception as a viewer is that your production for ShortCircut is: Buy product, grab host, film quick organic unboxing reaction, film quick organic basic use reaction, ask if the host buy it themself response, roll credits.
 
Tech Quickie, while well-written, would also be better as filler. If you have dedicated hosting personalities (which you should, to relieve the stress and priority balance of the production staff), you can pair them with the writing team to perform a queue of “emergency content” should one of the mainline or more in-depth, data-focused videos fall through.
 
There are a lot of different variables to consider to refresh your company, reduce workload, and start to regain what credibility has been lost by the community.
 
Your workplace culture issues (alleged general and sexual harassment, alleged management bias, alleged inappropriate management culture, recent mismanagement of privileged assets, and poor external executive communication to other companies) likely stem from the stress that the deadlines put on employees and not the employees themselves. If proven, any of the sources of any of these allegations should be held fully accountable. Stress, however, and the anxiety that it causes, has a history of making otherwise high-functioning, trustworthy, and professional employees make extremely poor decisions that can result in the above.
 
Linus,
 
You shouldn’t have kept CEO this long in the first place, brother. It makes perfect sense starting out as a young company, but the extreme stress of management and the fact that it is your life’s achievement and even bears your name can mean letting negative emotion leak into press releases and public statements because in that case every negative comment or controversy is unintentionally personal. It takes an extreme level of forced emotional detachment from business, academic study, and years of experience to efficiently lead a company, even of LMG’s size. Contrast Taran’s public statement about Madison’s allegations against what you would have written yourself, for instance.
 
I still wish LMG success. I enjoy your content, and am not going anywhere, unless conditions for your employees (and in turn, your management) do not improve. I daily drive your backpack and water bottle. I wear your screwdriver on my belt every day. Your channels are my most-watched visual media.
 
Please don’t sacrifice integrity and the wellbeing of people to maintain upload count or increase revenue.
 
Good luck. You should feel bad about what’s happening, but you can’t improve and move forward if it kills you.
 
Also, to anyone at LMG that needs to hear it, be it the CEO, the CVO, or the or the housekeeping staff: This is rough, and I know you may be going through a hard time, but it doesn’t define your personal worth. If you need professional or medical assistance, please seek it. Your life is worth more than a company.

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Read this, then delete before posting
 
Simple questing: How are you all choosing to show LTT support? Are you watching LTT TV / Shopping LTT Store / rewatching old videos?

-= Moved to Programs, Apps and Websites =-

Look, in this case there's no winners.
 
If the allegations are baseless, then we've all been lied to.
If the allegations are true, we've all been blind to it.
 
In either scenario, the person who did the wrong thing needs to fess up and get better.

FIRST... This is not a post to support or reject Madison's claims...If you're here to do that go back to the thread for that -https://linustechtips.com/topic/1526538-madison-reveals-experiences-working-at-lmg/

My question to the group at-large is this...

What happens if Madison's claims are unsubstantiated after the investigation?
What happens if Madison's claims are deemed substantiated, and of course, whoever would be the assailant, should be gone, immediately; but what happens to the community at large?

How do we move forward after all of this is settled.
 
Thanks for the feedback

Also, they don't charge VAT (which is mandatory) on Floatplane subscriptions in Europe.

Because at this moment it's a catch-22.
 
Not really sure I'd call it censorship, but it is not at all like what is happening on this forum.
On this forum, you sign up, and then you can post.
On the LinusTechTips subreddit, you can not under any circumstances as a new user post until the rules change. It is currently a gated community and the only people allowed in are those that have been inside earlier.
 
It is clearly a different situation. 
 
 
 
No, you will never be allowed to post on the LinusTechTips subreddit with the current restrictions in place.
It's not that your Reddit account needs 50 karma overall. It needs 50 karma specifically in the LinusTechTips subreddit.
 
You need 50 karma to post, but in order to be able to get karma you need to post, but you aren't allowed to post without karma.
See the issue? It's called a "catch-22". 

If a man made a "deez nuts" joke as a throwaway joke for a social media post they'd be fired? Hate to break it to you but those happen on LTT videos all the time. You're reaching so hard I'm concerned you're gonna pull a muscle.

As a new user on Reddit, I am not allowed to write in /r/LinusTechTips. I need 50 karma points, to write - otherwise it will be deleted. So basically I can not write on the sub and earn points.
 
Why do LTT censor me and is this really the road LMG want to take?

There will be no WAN Show this week. I feel like this is the right call to make. 

WOW. Could you be more of a vindictive, patronizing chauvinist?
"Poor little Madison, totally out of her mind, should have gotten a lawyer and a PR firm, so she can get the money she OBVIOUSLY wants out of this situation."
 
 

If anything, I'd say its in LMG's favor to take the high ground and take the criticism. Shooting back would undermine their efforts to do better.

This is another thing people don't seem to get and I find Steve to be very disingenuous about. Steve says "That's not what we do, it's a courtesy, not mandatory" but the thing is Steve, you could've released the exact same video with an additional statement from LMG. But if you do not get at least a statement from the party you're accusing, you're not only making it sound like it's malice from that party, you're also weaponizing your audience to go after them since you just told them that this party commits mistakes and "stole from Billet Labs", all with an undertone of malice.

It's not even an undertone at that moment. 

It's intentional malice.

He full well knew what he was doing.