Linus's Disturbing Trend to Clickbait

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, dalekphalm said:

Interested in what, though? I love hardware reviews. I just don't think Motherboard hardware reviews are particularly relevant anymore. It would be nice if they reviewed each "platform" and perhaps each "chipset" though. And in each of those videos, they could do a roundup of various motherboards.

 

The problem is that even in each chipset, there are way too many motherboards to choose from, with the vast majority of them, only having minor feature differences, and performance being unchanged.

 

Would you prefer if they simply reviewed every motherboard that got released?

Look: I was initially responding to someone implying LTT is a hardware reviews channel. This is no longer the case. If you only like some parts to be reviewed in depth or others that's inconsequential to the point I am making by giving the example. 

 

If you look at Level1, oc3d, etc. They feature hardware reviews mainly. All kinds of hardware mobos, cases, ssds, monitors, etc. Audience picks and chooses what to view but the base concept is that. 

 

That isn't the concept of LTT, not anymore. It's just entertaining revolving around tech but there's little objectivity, little in depth analysis or proper testing and benchmarks. 

 

To say Linus is biased cause he takes sponsors from hardware companies is henceforth irrelevant: what he does doesn't requires unquestionable objectivity. 

[dalekphalm]

54 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

Look: I was initially responding to someone implying LTT is a hardware reviews channel. This is no longer the case. If you only like some parts to be reviewed in depth or others that's inconsequential to the point I am making by giving the example. 

 

If you look at Level1, oc3d, etc. They feature hardware reviews mainly. All kinds of hardware mobos, cases, ssds, monitors, etc. Audience picks and chooses what to view but the base concept is that. 

 

That isn't the concept of LTT, not anymore. It's just entertaining revolving around tech but there's little objectivity, little in depth analysis or proper testing and benchmarks. 

 

To say Linus is biased cause he takes sponsors from hardware companies is henceforth irrelevant: what he does doesn't requires unquestionable objectivity. 

I see your overall point, and I agree. I don't really think of LMG as part of tech journalism anymore. They're entertainers first. The little reviews they do, are often lots of fluff and not much content.

[Krytern]

23 hours ago, Misanthrope said:

How often? That's 1 out of maybe 10 videos. In fact he could easily drop the reviews and I bet many would not notice before a major release like Vega. 

 

Quick question: how many z270 motherboards has LTT reviewed? Exactly. They covered mostly only Kaby chips and rather superfluously at that. 

 

LTT isn't about reviews anymore. 

Doesn't change the fact that he DOES review products right now. Therefore, the post I was replying to, was wrong. By definition he is a sellout, and he reviews products directly to consumers, fact.

[Syntaxvgm]

Please.

please stop. 

[givingtnt]

@Slick you ok in there ?

[Slick]

NEVER. 

[Syntaxvgm]

Just now, Slick said:

NEVER. 

I seriously have to ask, I know it's getting a lot of views, but where is the line between clickbait and

 

 

 

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, Slick said:

NEVER. 

I'm not trying to complain but what happened to the thumbnails? Is one of the new guys doing them or did you just decide to change them for the views? (which I understand why you would)

[AshleyAshes]

4 minutes ago, Slick said:

NEVER. 

 

3 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

I seriously have to ask, I know it's getting a lot of views, but where is the line between clickbait and

 

 

 

Let's talk about the real problem here:

The lack of him cartoonishly punching the little girl in the thumbnail.

[handymanshandle]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I'm not trying to complain but what happened to the thumbnails? Is one of the new guys doing them or did you just decide to change them for the views? (which I understand why you would)

The views because they need to roll in that YT monies.

[Syntaxvgm]

1 minute ago, AshleyAshes said:

 

Let's talk about the real problem here:

The lack of him cartoonishly punching the little girl in the thumbnail.

luke demolished her, will she ever recover? 

[iamdarkyoshi]

13 minutes ago, Slick said:

NEVER. 

This is how you respond to fan complaints?

[Deli]

I find the thumbnails are perfectly fine. People keep complaining for everything nowadays.

[captain_to_fire]

10 minutes ago, Deli said:

I find the thumbnails are perfectly fine. People keep complaining for everything nowadays.

A lot of people are sensitive to everything. 

[Syntaxvgm]

23 minutes ago, Deli said:

I find the thumbnails are perfectly fine. People keep complaining for everything nowadays.

 

12 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

A lot of people are sensitive to everything. 

My daily sodium intake is a bit high, I have to burn it off. 

[imreloadin]

1 hour ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

This is how you respond to fan complaints?

They stopped caring about the forum audience a while ago. It's all about drawing in that "new blood" for a couple of videos before you lose them crowd they're now catering to.

[Tech_Dreamer]

3 hours ago, Slick said:

NEVER. 

 

YES YES!! Keep throwing gasoline into the fire!

[Eredian]

Yeah I noticed the thumbnails style changed in the past month. It's aight though.

[AlTech]

@Syntaxvgm A lot of their money is gobbled up from the YouTube Network they're part of.

 

They partner with Fullscreen Media and they take up a portion of LMG's YouTube Revenue.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, Slick said:

NEVER. 

So you're content with losing many of your existing fanbase and getting some 12 year olds to enjoy your immature and outrageous thumbnails and humor?

 

Good luck with that. I'll take no part in supporting it.

[Magnetorheological]

I saw the title of this thread and I just knew that this thumbnail was going to be the subject of it.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

This is how you respond to fan complaints?

LMG thinks they're above people and too good for others.

 

If somebody thinks LMG is wrong then LMG would view them as wrong.

[AlTech]

2 hours ago, Deli said:

I find the thumbnails are perfectly fine. People keep complaining for everything nowadays.

 

2 hours ago, hey_yo_ said:

A lot of people are sensitive to everything. 

 

26 minutes ago, Eredian said:

Yeah I noticed the thumbnails style changed in the past month. It's aight though.

 

Have any of you three been around on the forums since 2015?

 

And if you don't think these thumbnails are obscure, disgusting or at least mildly unnatural then you are strange and you are wrong.

 

These thumbnails are designed to screw with the Human Brain and take advantage of and manipulate how it works.

[Dredgy]

13 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

LMG thinks they're above people and too good for others.

 

If somebody thinks LMG is wrong then LMG would view them as wrong.

 

Much more likely that they actually think about and carefully consider the pros and cons of a business decision before the make it. Just because they don't explain the reasoning, doesn't mean their isn't any. Like any video - just because information is left out doesn't mean it wasn't considered and the decision was made to leave it out.

 

It staggers me that people think they know the attitude and thought behind the process without being involved in it - there are always dozens of things that go into something that people aren't aware of. 

 

That response from Luke was the same kind of irreverent response he'd have given in 2013 when they were a much, much smaller company.

[captain_to_fire]

15 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

And if you don't think these thumbnails are obscure, disgusting or at least mildly unnatural then you are strange and you are wrong.

Have you tried employing people and pay them hourly? Have you tried paying for electricity and fiber internet other than the one from your own house?