• QubaXR
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    -1172 years ago

    So annoying how all good tech channels now lean on drama and sensationalism to get more engagement.

    Digital Foundry seems to be the last one where people are level-headed.

    • @BattleBeetle@lemmy.world
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      132 years ago

      They came from a tech journalist forum before doing reviews, covering bad practices in the industry, most notoriously MSI, and Linus being the face of PC hardware with so many inaccuracies is just another topic.

    • @what@lemmy.world
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      1072 years ago

      I didn’t find this to be overly dramatic or sensationalized. I enjoy knowing when one of the people I regularly watch are in fact assholes. Note, he didn’t say they were assholes. He merely repeated what they did and called out issues. He said he wouldn’t be covering the channel anymore after their response. Just decent journalism in my opinion.

      • QubaXR
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        -892 years ago

        Yea, but ever since Nexus started doing their “investigations”, so much of their content looks like cable news. They now jump on all opportunities to drum up more drama.

        • ZILtoid1991
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          152 years ago

          LMG has a lot of issues. Clickbait, and now this.

          I hope the new CEO will intervene sooner or later, although a lot of CEOs only exist as de-facto mascots.

          • Magnor
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            2 years ago

            I’m not sure the new CEO has any actual power when it comes to reining Linus in.

            • ZILtoid1991
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              22 years ago

              So a yet another puppet CEO, just like the in Twitter… oh sorry, X.

            • Streptember
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              112 years ago

              Yeah, Linus admitted that himself. He still owns the majority, and Yvonne owns the rest. The CEO really can’t actually do anything that Linus doesn’t want, he’s just a figurehead and businessman there to keep Linus from being forced into the office and off the camera.

        • @stillwater@lemm.ee
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          72 years ago

          No they don’t. Go take a look at their list of videos. You have to scroll for a while to find any of the ones you consider drama.

        • kitonthenet
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          322 years ago

          If you’re more concerned with the muckrakers than the muck idk what to tell you

        • BombOmOm
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          942 years ago

          How dare Gamer’s Nexus…point out lies and widespread problems at LTT with Nexus backing every claim with evidence. The real issue is reporting on the issues!

          • QubaXR
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            -312 years ago

            Fuck LTT. I stopped watching their content ever since they introduced the “emoting faces” thumbnails. All I say is every time I see tech Jesus these days it’s over some drama, affair and exposé.

            Exploding components, fire hazards, evil corporate practices. It often feels that if there is no drama happening, Nexus will go out of their way to make one happen. Just like cable news.

            • Pelicanen
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              32 years ago

              I have not seen the other videos you’re talking about but this one pretty clearly showed both consumers and companies why LTT should be treated with caution and skepticism. I’d say that that’s relevant information beyond just “drama”.

            • @Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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              212 years ago

              All I say is every time I see tech Jesus these days it’s over some drama, affair and exposé.

              Do you know what algorithms are?

            • @dinguscod@lemmy.world
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              Lol ok. As someone that is actually subbed to GN I can tell just by Tech Jesus’s demeanor that he does not enjoy these so called drama videos. He looks happy when reporting actual news and info whereas in the videos where he has to call out people and corps he just looks like he can’t believe he has to do this shit again.

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      Understandable, but I think many people (including me) are fine with a little drama every once in a while as long as it’s warranted and doesn’t damage the substance of the content. Unnecessary drama can certainly be a problem, but unnecessarily making dramatic things boring is not necessarily the solution.

      • QubaXR
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        32 years ago

        I can agree with that. It may be that ever since I no longer subscribe to the tech elite (LTT, MKBHD, Nexus, Jays2Cents, etc) - I only come across their content when there is drama!