Does LMG struggle to properly utilize the team's talent?

[VVoltor]

I just watched the recent 'Why is EVERYONE Buying This Mic' video, and it left me with some thoughts.

 

Linus states he never encountered FiFine before, but featured one of their products in 'Top 5 Mics Under $50' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQfDFARBLQ) where it did really well. I understand Linus may have forgotten, buy a simple word search trough previous scripts could have avoided this, is that not the job of LTT's professional writer team?
 

Linus then says the boom arm 'could break at pretty much any time' even though in the product demonstration it works perfectly fine, holding the microphone in place even with exaggerated movement, where the much more expensive premium solution next to it falls on the table after being touched. The Amazon reviews also do not back up this claim and it feels like the price point is completely ignored, just to be able to add something to the 'cons' list of the review. 

 
The included cable ties are not shown, but people are recommended to buy 15 dollar LTT ones instead. For a super low budget mic? Why? I get promoting LTTstore is good for business, but that's a pretty tone-deaf statement for such a low cost product.

 

At 9:35 Linus mentioned the downside of an omni-directional mic, but was it that hard to actually demonstrate how much this mic picks up keyboard and mouse clicks? Maybe so the audience can hear for themselves and compare it to some other mics?

 

At 11:20 three 5-star reviews shown on screen, but two of them are the same review. Not a huge deal, but another indicator of a lack of care and oversight that was missed at several stages; during editing and (presumedly) during the review process of the final video before uploading.

 

At 12:00 Linus says there aren't too many bad reviews but they are a 'red flag' and a reason people might want a more expensive version. Is this claim substantiated? Any popular Amazon product will have a number of bad reviews. Where is the comparison to 1-star reviews from the premium brands to support this claim? What about the 'it's fine as long as the company makes it right' attitude?

 

This is just one video, and probably a filler video. It's meant to be a simple product review, but this is not how to do a proper review. Adding some graphs and other data from LABS did not elevate the standard of the review itself.

 

Sorry for the long text, but to get to the point I would like to make: why focus so much on writing a catchy script rather than focus on what makes a good review? Like listing pros and cons based on actual experience? And drawing a conclusion from that? Comparing the product to similarly priced options, rather than Apple EarPods and pro-grade equipment?

 

We need experienced reviewers, not experienced writers who don't know how to structure a basic product review. Thoughts?
 

[VVoltor]

Whoops, I just finished watching the 'What do we do now?' video. Possibly the most serious video ever published by LTT. 

 

Perfectly exemplifies my post. A script full of jokes and product placement. Bravo.

 

LTT can't even produce a decent script setting the right tone for their own apology video. I guess a week of 'housekeeping' will have to deal with that...

[Ohboi]

1 hour ago, VVoltor said:

Whoops, I just finished watching the 'What do we do now?' video. Possibly the most serious video ever published by LTT. 

 

Perfectly exemplifies my post. A script full of jokes and product placement. Bravo.

 

LTT can't even produce a decent script setting the right tone for their own apology video. I guess a week of 'housekeeping' will have to deal with that...

I only signed up for this post, and I can't agree more.
What should have been the most serious video ever, was littered with unecessary product placement and/or jokes.
It's also not really an apology video, but rather acknowledgement, saving company's ass type of video.
IMHO, Yvonne should have been the only one speaking in that video, as she sounded the most professional.
It really sucks that new CEO was pulled into this shitstorm, he did okay all things considered.

[sof006]

I'll find myself probably only interacting with the forums in future, I've lost faith in Linus which I'm surprised to say as I've always looked up to him. These recent events have severely made me reconsider my opinion of Linus.

 

I have sadly made the decision to unsubscribe from Linus, I don't see the value of watching his videos anymore.

[Pinossar]

Why are people that focused on the "apology" part? Is a 20 min video talking in all the way they were wrong and on everything that will strive to improve and how to improve not enough? Isn't all of this just to get them to wake up and fix their mistakes? Do people really want to see LTT stop making videos alltogether? They're doing the things they need, stopping production of more videos to reflect on their mistakes, being transparent with us about what's going down, and how they are going to improve upon it. That's all atleast I want to see, actual change for the better in terms of data accuracy and transparency.
 

[eskimododo]

No, LTT struggles from Linus trying to see everyone as an extension of Linus Sebastian and hence have to conform to the DNA of Linus Sebastian, and he gaslights u if u don't make it.