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Linus Media Group CEO Terren Tong also responded via email, saying he was “shocked at the allegations and the company described” in Reeve’s posts. He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”

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[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 257 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (29 children)

Wow quick and decisive action by CEO to call in external investigation. Reading Linus' response, it doesn't even appear that he would consider external investigation. He states that HR would conduct a thorough review. I'll be frank, I don't trust Colton to run the HR review.

I bet once this issue is resolved, we might see Terren bring in external subject matter experts to completely overhaul LMG business operations. HR consultants, Operations and Logistics consultants, Finance, etc. Up until now, LMG was/is run by a self-taught/self-made/learning-on-the-job crew. Can't do that when you're now a corp.

Edit: I would love to sub to a channel called TBT (Terren Business Tips) 😂

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to say Colton can't do the job, but HR is a department that needs to be independent of all other departments and the voice of the HR manager needs to be considered more important than the voice of most of the other managers because they're the ones dealing with the humans that make the company.

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[–] icepuncher69@sh.itjust.works 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

This situation is awfull and, i mean, i know sexual harasement is very serious and its really insensitive to joke about but i really cant help it, so if you are sensible to that type of comments then dont read it and feel free to downvote, ill understeand, so here i go, you have been warned:

Linus sex tips.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the best response to CEO has, well done for doing it so quickly.

And I think it's the worst outcome for the ex-employee. Just from a process perspective now these external investigators are going to dig through the entire history, to prove or disprove every claim, which could bring up a lot of traumatic incidents, or reveal personal information that people like to keep private. Even if people get fired for their behavior based on this incident report, it's going to be traumatic to relive.

The fact that two years have lapsed since the incident isn't going to make the investigation easier. So in all probability there will be insufficient data to make a determination either way. So the investigation is going to be both traumatic, and probably hollow because a determination won't be made. And the published report will feel a little empty and almost gaslighting. But that's what time does, time is like water, it erodes everything.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Assuming I will continue watching LTT after this whole fiasco, I just hope James, Riley, Dan, Plouffe, Alex and Jake (of the top of my head. I usually like most of the hosts) are not responsible for the potential allegations and are just the nice tech bros they are presented as. If some of them are, oof :(

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[–] runjun@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

She’s not an employee and this isn’t a government investigation. She can deny to assist and should if it negatively affects her.

All that said, very happy with this quick, decisive action. This is far more serious to me than all the other shit in the past week. I’m glad they’re addressing the other issues BUT this what would truly kill my desire to watch LMG content. I feel heartbroken for dad who lost everything but unless LMG called for harassment then that’s on the disgusting people that harassed them.

[–] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Is it safe to say if the dude in the video wasn't passively crapping on HUB and GN this would never have happened?

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Probably not. All the issues were there, someone would have pointed it out for some reason at some point.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The company has currently paused all production to improve its review processes, and CEO Terren Tong tells The Verge an outside investigator will be hired to examine the harassment allegations.

“We’ve been seeing an alarming amount of conflicts from Linus Tech Tips as it relates to their corporate connections, their flow of money, and the potential bias as a result of those things,” said Gamers Nexus host Steve Burke.

According to Gamers Nexus, Linus Tech Tips reviewed a copper cooling block from Billet Labs on the wrong GPU, then auctioned it off at a recent fan event without the company’s permission.

The afternoon after Gamers Nexus posted its video, Sebastian began responding to concerned fans in the Linus Tech Tips forums.

Reeve went on to accuse the company of barring her from videos after she reported being “grabbed multiple times in the office” and being told to “calm my tits” and “stop being such a bitch.”

He went on to note that “as part of this process, beyond an internal review we will also be hiring an outside investigator to look into the allegations and will commit to publish the findings and implementing any corrective actions that may arise because of this.”


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[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

"we hired": there's going to be the findings they tell management, the report with the findings management allows them to add, and the findings that management tells us about.

This means nothing until you hear independently from the employees themselves about substantive changes.

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The reactions are so... reddit-ey:

I always knew it

I fee so gratified

It's what I've been saying all along

and all that stuff.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its human nature not exclusive to reddit. You guys sure love talking about
that place.

[–] just_a_peasant@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

I knew it all along.

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[–] TBi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Feels like the pitchforks are out. People want blood and don’t care if the allegations are true or not.

[–] OonTaaKissa@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People are leaning into the hate circlejerk way too hard, apart from the forum rant they have handled this situation pretty well. They addressed GN's concerns in their apology video by improving their workflows and communication, and are now hiring an investigator for Madison's claims. I can't really think of anything more that they could do, but I guess some people just want to be mad.

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[–] moitoi@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The more I read about LMG, the more the structure of the company looks like a mob.

There is one guy with his wife at the top of the pyramid. The CEO and others are below. If the top of the pyramid has what it ask for, nobody will care about what's happening.

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[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 12 points 1 year ago

Watched YT vid, not looking good for LTT.

Looks like a PR response politians make, with sponsors and store shoutout, just like any other video they post...

Hopefully the pressure keeps coming and LMG workers start a union, a the minimum.

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