Realtrain comments on The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility

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

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I originally posted this on lemmy.world, but then the instance went down again so fuck it, moving my c/videos subscription to here and restarting this post

[–] Realtrain@kbin.social 19 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

He's said before that he hates it, but including one of those thumbnails boosts viewership by 30%. I certainly don't like it, but it would be really hard for me to resist that extra income too.

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[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 19 points 3 years ago

This is the issue this is all about. Linus doesn't care about quality. Just about extra income. Clickbait thumbnails, rushed content that comes in quantity rather than quality, refusal to even invest 500 Dollar into redoing a utterly mistake of the video, no care to auction of stuff that don't belong to them - this is all coming from the same place, and which is why the thumbnails and titles are so bad. They are an indicator of the rest.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago

Money at the cost of credibility though, not a good long-term strategy.

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[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 3 years ago

Steve at GN and also Level1Techs kind of do the same thing a little bit, but not enough to turn me off from their content. It also helps that their content is accurate.

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