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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

A lot of Youtube channels are reporting declining viewership lately.

EX1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cpVnx4_yqTo
EX2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF0tmhEtVJE

Fun times. Looks like a lot of channels are seeing a decline not just Linus. Hes just the latest to talk about it.

Then I saw this article as well and thought I would share.

Anyone here youtube creators? Are you seeing the same thing, a general downturn in viewership?

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[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

LTT had a 3rd party investigate that and there was nothing wrong but that doesn't matter to you does it?

In August 2024, former Linus Tech Tips (LTT) social media manager Madison Reeve made allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior in a tweet thread. LTT hired an outside investigator and conducted a review, which found no evidence to support Reeve's claims. The investigation did find some administrative errors and misunderstandings during Reeve's onboarding

Again Steve and Louis do a podcast together and facts don't matter. Steve is upset at Linus for being ignored at an event and he Louis to write a hit piece. This is obvious why you don't want to type any exact issues because the bad stuff has been proven as false allegations.

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 points 18 hours ago

ah, yes, the good old "we paid somebody to listen to our side of the story and they naturally found nothing wrong".

as I said, I didn't post that link to convince you, because you're not interested in considering it. the link is for everyone else. you can keep on believing whatever it is you want, but since you can't edit my comment you don't have any way to stop anyone else from considering the facts.

[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The irony. If an independent 3rd party investigation isn't good enough nothing will be for you. At this point it just sounds like you are as jealous as Steve

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 18 hours ago

it's not independent if the guilty party pays for it. that's called a "conflict of interest".

[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Bro just give up, you are pathetic

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 5 points 18 hours ago

hey, since you love "independent investigations", what's your take on Gamers Nexus catching LTT taking money for positive reviews of products? where the investigation for that, eh?

[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I don't watch games Nexus lol so you are going to have to be now specific if you need my help googling but tech reviewer giving sponsored reviews seems pretty milk toast at best. There are plenty people who sponsor items they don't use, it's marketing but can you not enjoy the content, sure but it doesn't make someone mechahitler.

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 points 17 hours ago

you would know if you had been paying attention to our conversation.

hey what about the time LTT auctioned off property that belonged to someone else without asking them, what's your take on that?

[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

You mean the prototype that was planned to just be given to them but was sold for a charity auction then LTT offered an apology and tried to monetarily compensate billet labs?

This wasn't sold maliciously nor for profit. Billet labs was upset since it was ip but initially said LTT could retain the product and LTT didn't understand that billet labs didn't want them to sell it.

Next one? There are YouTubers that hire known pedos for kids shows or make content pissing off locals or desecrating dead people but you have a problem with someone doing ad reads for a product that he might not actually enjoy? Are you Steve?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 7 hours ago

It wasn't planned to just be given to them. It was always a prototype sent to them for sponsoring purposes. Then they dunked on it without seeing its intended purpose and auctioned it. And until this thing blew up they never refunded it despite email chains. If it was a misunderstanding it was an egregious misunderstanding. Though they also enormously misunderstood a mouse in another tech review and never took off the cover while complaining of trash tracking (because they didn't take off the cover at the bottom!), that being just one of the more ridiculous errors two years ago. This all exploded around the same time as the employee's sexual harassment allegations so you might've missed it. Just watch Gamers Nexus's video on this for the receipts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc it's not an hour long! C'mon, spend your time there instead of heated back-and-forth. Or this 30-minute video from a commentary channel I haven't watched yet but the channel has a good rep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCvvmvIjNWM

That said, this was all two years ago. Not sure what stirred things up in January.

[-] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 3 points 17 hours ago

it figures you would be OK with that, since you were OK with the sexual harassment. what's a little theft when you've already dismissed unwanted sexual contact, amiright?

the reason I'm still talking with you is because I want to demonstrate to everyone one of the other controversies around LTT, that being the toxic fanbase that's as rabid as Elon's or Trump's. and you played along fantastically, dutifully playing the part of fanboy for everyone to see. so for that, I thank you.

but now that you've done your job and played your role, I don't have any further use for you, so ta-ta and farewell!

[-] busyconstruction13@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Go touch grass lol

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