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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (www.youtube.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3337820

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/PCGaming/t/341789

This video is not monetized. This video covers our serious concerns regarding the data accuracy of Linus Media Group, including Linus Tech Tips, ShortCircuit, and TechQuickie, particularly as it relates to rushing content out the door to favor -- by staff's own admission -- quantity over quality. As the company continues to expand into its LTT Labs direction, the importance of accurate data increases; however, even as 'only' entertainment, there are still certain responsibilities to the consumer and the manufacturers to report fairly (and to have defined corrections processes in place). We tried to approach this as objectively as possible and hope that viewers are able to listen to the evidence we present, particularly as it relates to significant and frequent data errors that now present in nearly every technical review video.

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[+] [email protected] -57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (12 children)

LTT is and always has been cringe. Linus is not even very technically knowledgeable, he’s just an entertainer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’d agree if you were talking about MKBHD but for Linus that’s pushing it a little. Of course he’s a generalist, but he still seems to know a ton of technical stuff.

Sometimes I find it hard to follow when they’re talking about how GPUs, CPUs or memory works on the WAN Show. That’s because I’ve never made the effort to dig hard into these things but he clearly has and seems to know what he’s talking about.

MKBHD on the other hand REALLY doesn’t know any technical stuff, you can feel when you’re listening to their podcast that he doesn’t even find it interesting

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree that MKBHD is also not technically inclined nor seems to be very interested in it.

He’s more interested in the cinematography aspect of YouTube.

Personally I’ve only ever used a couple of his videos as a “first look” at something where I just wanted to see a first glance.

But one example where MKBHD and Linus’ incompetence was shown together was MKBHDs video with Linus showing up, where they built a 140tb Unraid server.

Personally I wouldn’t opt for unraid over just using actual Linux or proxmox, etc. but that’s besides the point.

They used one parity drive for 14 hard drives, then referred to everything as being “backed up”

RAID IS NOT A BACKUP!

Linus, who uses Unraid for his own channel should know this! Any competent tech person, running their own server with data they can’t afford to lose, should know that. Full Stop.

Which it should be no surprise LTT had several occasions of losing data with no backups.

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