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Link to the thread provided by @lbj@lemmy.world.

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[–] jkmooney@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Unsubscribed from the LTT channel now. To be honest, I mainly followed it because I was amused this "tech influencer" borked his PC trying to install Pop_OS.

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[–] Legendsofanus@startrek.website 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is an awful treatment of an employee and I don't know how many more cases like this are still existing at this moment. Fuck LTT, best I can do is step away from them and their content but if there is anything else I can do to get back at them let me know.

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[–] net00@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is fucking awful, I'm actually shocked, and with other leaked testimonies from other former employees I don't think any of this is false. She doesn't have anything to profit from this. I'm glad my adblock has always been on and I use invidious because I would have felt sick knowing I supported these assholes at LTT. Anyways I unsubbed from anything and won't watch any more of their garbage.

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just saw this morning that LTT on YouTube are doing a live stream to "address the situation". They have their upper management trying to clean up the mess as best they can. It stinks of soulless corporate BS.

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Jesus. That’s me unsubscribing.

What’s this about the OnlyFans though? Why does LTT have OnlyFans?

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

It was an April fools.

Still doesn't justify forcing employes to handle the platform if they can't protect them from being subjected to porn

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Linus is a shit to his workers. This is entirely unsurprising.

This seems to be a problem with techbros in general but he always gave me similar vibes to John Carmack and he's been a shit his entire life.

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[–] shadowspirit@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I swear I tried. I got ten screenshots/links in and then killed myself. I'm posting from the grave. Long live Lemmy. Infinite Twitter screenshot support was my dying wish for the fedi-verse. Bless you.

[–] kquote03@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless it's legally risky for her (I'm unfamiliar with Canadian law), I really hope she starts dropping names.

Some people really gotta be placed on the chopping block.

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[–] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

I shed a tear reading this thread.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talk about psychological harassment. Holy shit.

Yeah LTT just lost me for sure. I'm never watching another one of their videos after this.

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[–] pizzahoe@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the fuck!!! This was absolutely enraging to know. Linus is a piece of shit. I can't even comment on one specific thing as worse in the whole thread. Everything is fucked up about how they treated her.

fuck linus media group and fuck that motherfucker pretending to be a nice and friendly guy. How you treat your people behind closed doors is your character not the fake YouTube shit.

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[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Tech bros being sexist, gropey scumbags

I’m shocked

[–] ox0r@jlai.lu 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linus is just another tyrant boss, surprise

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[–] TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Wtf this is really fucked if true.. this week's wan show is gonna be interesting

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[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 24 points 1 year ago

Really am out of the loop, never heard of these people. If true, I hope everyone associated with this shit goes down.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

oh my god they released a tone-deaf apology video after this thread went up. it's an okay response to the GN stuff but hold the fucking video to address the horrifying allegations. jesse-wtf

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[–] RandomUserName123@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Small business owners be like

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[–] Outdoor_Catgirl@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] KFCDoubleDoink@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yeah Linus definitely harassed Naomi Wu.

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It has always been that he is a petty bourgeois shit especially after his take on unionization.

does ~~Anthony~~ (is that still her name?) still work there?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She’s Emily now and we haven’t seen her since she came out on camera.

Given the way the internet acts about trans people, that might be her choice, but given all this new info, who the hell knows?

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[–] John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking roosterteeth all over again. 12 years there as a follower, 9 here. Dropped both forever, now. Never getting my view or my money again.

These tech/YouTube companies need to be fucking stacked union or employee owned businesses for me to give them money at this point. There's no other way I can trust them.

My only remaining sliver of hope is that Luke is not involved, and if he isn't, that floatplane can break off and go their own way.

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