The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility
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This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit...

My personal thoughts

At first it came off a bit whiney, but I watched the entire thing and I’m glad I did. It shows a pattern of carelessness and in some cases complete douchebaggery of LMG.

What they did to Billet Labs is absolutely un-fucking excusable. LMG and Linus, in particular, needs to be mercilessly shamed for that until Billet Labs gets a clear and unequivocal apology and paid restitution for damages. Fucking shameful. What a bunch of pricks.

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This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, and TechQuickie, particularly as it relates to rushing content out the door to favor – by staff’s own admission – quantity over quality. As the company continues to expand into its LTT Labs direction, the importance of accurate data increases; however, even as ‘only’ entertainment, there are still certain responsibilities to the consumer and the manufacturers to report fairly (and to have defined corrections processes in place). We tried to approach this as objectively as possible and hope that viewers are able to listen to the evidence we present, particularly as it relates to significant and frequent data errors that now present in nearly every technical review video.

  • lloram239@feddit.de
    2·
    11 months ago

    But auctioning off a prototype that isn’t even yours is so far beyond the line.

    What “line”? It’s a bit careless, but utterly irrelevant as far as their viewers are concerned. If anything, this just establishes that they don’t communicate with the manufacturers to have their reviews cross checked and validated, which is good thing when it comes to independent reviews. And yes, mistakes will be made, but you can bet that there will be plenty of users of that product that would have made the same mistakes, so again, actually not a bad thing. Also even the manufacturer didn’t know at this point that it wouldn’t work. Only argument here is really that they shouldn’t be testing prototype products, since that can always go wrong in both direction (e.g. substantial features getting remove for the final version after the review).

    LMG leaving incorrect information in their video and only correcting them with an asterisch is really the biggest crime here, as those are intentional mistakes, not accidental oversights.

    Either way, Gamer Nexus here feels extremely nitpicky here. Of all the things wrong in the advertainment tech space, this really is about the least important one. This is pure dramabait.