He told people to use regular adblockers... but went on a major rant where he condemned Sponsor Block. You know why? Because adblocks are better for his income - he wants to sell advertisers into an ad type they can "guarantee" every viewer will have to watch. Adblocks boost their rates, SponsorBlock tanks it. Making a video showing how to block ads boosts the "Linus is a community driven host!" perception too.

What these waves of "I kinda still like Linus" posts are missing is the controversy here isn't a bad word, or a random mistake: it's mistreatment and sexual harassment on an employee.

I agree. Sometimes its easy to forget that these online celebrities are people. Linus is a person, as flawed as any of us. He let his ego get in his own way, and took sharp criticism of his company as personal attacks - which is an obviously easy thing to do. The important thing to look at is whether or not LMG / he learns from this, which I'm sure they will.

The only truly concerning thing to me is the Maddison stuff. That I'm reserving my judgment for. I don't doubt her account of things, but it's simply one side to a story. That she self harmed to get a day off is very worrying, but it's also a massive red flag. That is a pretty extreme escalation. Clearly she wasn't stable, but did LMG cause the instability or just contribute to it? Either wouldn't be ok, but she was a person acting abnormally - and that's a lens that deserves extra consideration.

I don't intend to stop watching LMG for the time being, and I'll withhold my judgment for now.