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Wow. I always thought Linus was a good guy (haven't really watched his channel properly in years) but I'm sad to learn that he's now also a piece of shit!
EDIT: Fuck all of you pricks that downvoted me; I was right after all, Linus really is a fucking piece of shit - full thread here
I'm not sure I would go that far. I largely agree with the GN video, but I would not call Linus a piece of shit. There are a number of things I disagree with Linus about on a fundamental level, but he is still just a slightly awkward nerd with methed up squirrel energy at the end of the day. As Steve notes in the video he is basically responsible for the livelihood of 120 people, I'm sure that puts a little bit of stress on a person. That being said it doesn't absolve him of what has been happening, and his current path seems deeply misguided.
He's replied in his forums and has basically doubled down. It would have been different if he took some responsibility.
Oh I'm aware. He has always struck me as very quick to react and slow to introspect (which is kinda inline with not having time to look back like was said in his team's video). I definitely have issues with some of his philosophies, but on a scale from regular person to Hollywood CEO he doesn't strike me as actively malicious, just misguided.
Just my $0.02. I understand where you are coming from, just figured I'd proffer another perspective for the sake of discussion.
You raise good points and I would agree with you if not for the Billet Labs situation - here is a link to another comment explaining what went down.
Yeah that's not OK.
I get the impression that Linus is in over his head and reacting in a very emotional way. Kinda reminds me of the channel hack a few months ago, both Yvonne and Luke were literally telling him what was going on and what needed to happen, and his tunnel vision just would not allow him to hear them.
That's not an excuse. I think there is/should be a price to be paid. In most things I tend to lean towards rehabilitation with a chance for change, rather than retribution and and destruction. It's a crap situation and I'm disappointed but not surprised.
I take that back. Linus is a bigger piece of fucking shit than I thought - full thread here
I just saw that a short while ago.
LTT also just posted a video, that kinda reinforces what I was saying before. Linus is very emotionally driven and quite obviously blinded by it. I do think people should both be held accountable AND given the opportunity to learn.
The video was obviously damage control. I still hope something good comes out of all this, but believe it or not I am still pretty cynical about things.
There is a saying I came across when I was quite young that I try to keep in mind when telling my side of any story:
"There are three sides to every story. There is what I said happened. There is what they said happened. There is what actually happened."
I doubt LTT speaks to Madison's posts explicitly, but with everything that is happening, I do hope if anyone has experienced something similar that they feel more comfortable and empowered to come forward with their experiences.