Thoughts on Gamer Nexus calling out Linus Tech Tips?

[Agent]

Thoughts?

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Too little, way too late. It took multiple news articles plus the Gamers Nexus stuff at the same to get the ball rollin' on the issue. That is not how things should be handled under the "Trust me bro" content creator.

Linus should stop being so public now that he hired a CEO, like most of the "apology" video, where he went on a short rant again.

Maybe he should have retired...

:summerfish2023:

But he's still going to remain public because he's the "chief of creative" or whatever kind of title they made up.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por d¢:

Publicado originalmente por Labyrinth:

Why is Linus even popular, he's an idiot. It was only the big fella that actually knew things.

I like that dude. He does indeed know everything. Has kind of long hair, works at LTT. Anthony, I think his name is.

Yup. This, uh... employee, was (and probably may still be) the most likable.

[Dracoco OwO]

Publicado originalmente por Basarab Laiota:

i dont know who any of those people are

That's good keep not caring about them.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Linus is wrong many times and could harm your system.

[Ulfrinn]

Publicado originalmente por Majestic Turkey:

Linus has always been shady.
http://archive.today/2023.08.14-183036/https://linustechtips.com/topic/1208282-linus-featured-in-vote-for-biden-video/

Cynically framing gpu prices as social justice to gain parasocial views was just cringe. He no doubt votes for inflation, and benefits through government theft as he likely benefits from Canadian government media grants, I know they got some subsidies for the red cameras, likely much more.


The lack of ethics and poorly edited videos, to downright zero edited videos where they gonzo it to save time but waste your time as it becomes all mumbles and fumbles.

Not only was that cringy but they were shamelessly shilling for renewables by spreading information we know isn't true. Which further drives my point I made earlier that these big tech channels are little more than paid advertisement for corporate interests.

[S73v3NH4wk1n9]

I stopped watching Linus videos eons ago.

[talemore]

How do people survive if at all. Do you just look for the next new deal from the snakeoil salesman and buys the bottle.

Are you so deep into the tech investment that you have to buy all tech or the industry will collapse.

[Raoul]

Gamers nexus has been around for much longer, it used to be one of very few forums similar to how overclock.net is now where you could get proper detailed info on stuff like overclocking and diagnosing etc between the community. When Linus first started on youtube it was very amateurish the videos didn't cover much other than to promote himself dancing around in some warehouse or whatever it was barely even covering basics, at that time I thought he was cringe and didn't know much about computers, probably wasn't dialled in yet to what a channel should be just messing on youtube to sell stuff. In comparison watching the Moto X 1st gen video of Marques Brownlee when he was new on the scene and that was an awesome video I mean he killed it from the get go and grew from there.

When you look at these channels nowadays I feel like Gamers nexus is the only one that has stayed humble and true to its roots, you can see it in how they convey useful information to people and treat the community, it really boils down to Steve and his team being amazing. Marques well MKBHD you can still see that initial in depth style reviews that he used to do with certain small details that others completely missed in pointing out but it feels like there's something very corporate going on with there decision making and same with Linus for a long time, not saying it's all bad content but try and compare an up and coming Optimum Tech video to a Linus video and you'll see what I mean.

It's just not surprising that when you grow to the level that Linus has you end up being the bad guy but I feel like it's what he wanted from the get go in that he was just after the bottom line.

[hypercybermegatron]

Publicado originalmente por Raoul:

Gamers nexus has been around for much longer, it used to be one of very few forums similar to how overclock.net is now where you could get proper detailed info on stuff like overclocking and diagnosing etc between the community. When Linus first started on youtube it was very amateurish the videos didn't cover much other than to promote himself dancing around in some warehouse or whatever it was barely even covering basics, at that time I thought he was cringe and didn't know much about computers, probably wasn't dialled in yet to what a channel should be just messing on youtube to sell stuff. In comparison watching the Moto X 1st gen video of Marques Brownlee when he was new on the scene and that was an awesome video I mean he killed it from the get go and grew from there.

When you look at these channels nowadays I feel like Gamers nexus is the only one that has stayed humble and true to its roots, you can see it in how they convey useful information to people and treat the community, it really boils down to Steve and his team being amazing. Marques well MKBHD you can still see that initial in depth style reviews that he used to do with certain small details that others completely missed in pointing out but it feels like there's something very corporate going on with there decision making and same with Linus for a long time, not saying it's all bad content but try and compare an up and coming Optimum Tech video to a Linus video and you'll see what I mean.

It's just not surprising that when you grow to the level that Linus has you end up being the bad guy but I feel like it's what he wanted from the get go in that he was just after the bottom line.

MKBHD is likeable but he seems tethered to Elon and Tim Crook. Maybe once upon a time his videos were interesting but now it seems run of the mill product placement and boring.

[Sidakte]

Publicado originalmente por Permanent bulking phase:

Thoughts?

none specifically. i didn't really felt attached to one or the other for that matter.
i stick to what i said to that other thread about this, i still haven't seen a tech channel that will present a pov about tech and how to handle it that is not already known somehow.

[The Commendatore]

I like Jay Z Double Cent for entertainment more than Linux.

[AD]

I cant say Im surprised, I didnt get hardcore accuracy vibes from Linus, but I never expected it to be as bad as it was... Not going to watch him anymore (though to be fair, I didnt watch him that often to begin with), at least not when they are the way they are. Inaccurate data is useless at best. If things changes I may reconsider.

Did get some respect for Gamers Nexus, though. Glad to see someone with the right priorities.

[kingjames488]

cuz it wasn't enough that I said they were garbo... yall needed an official opinion >.>

[CinnamonApples]

so are any tech youtubers good right now? gonna build my first computer soon so i want accurate info

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Publicado originalmente por im so bored:

so are any tech youtubers good right now? gonna build my first computer soon so i want accurate info

I forgot their names, but there are two Englishmen who uploaded PC builds alongside guides in such long and detailed videos.