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LMG has made a response video to Gamers Nexus' concerns (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 119 points 3 years ago (17 children)

This situation sucks and was something I would have been willing to see through. But after reading the thread from Madison this morning I've decided to cancel my Floatplane subscription. While the accusations she makes are currently accusations, they're pretty damning and worth taking seriously in case they are more than allegations. I await LMG's response to her thread, as I feel that will be the deciding factor in whether or not I continue to consume and support anything LMG does going forward.

Her thread: https://twitter.com/suuuoppp/status/1691693740254228741

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  • [–] 95 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Gonna pop the ThreadReader link here for those who don't want to log into Twitter: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html

    On the Floatplane thing, I am a bit worried for DankPods, who put a lot of backing into Floatplane after he got screwed over by Twitch. This whole thing might have some collateral damage towards the other creators on there, including him. Was considering subscribing to Floatplane for him and his drum streams before this.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I may not agree with a lot of things Madison does as a content creator, but what she's described in that thread is absolutely egregious. This goes so far beyond "trust me bro", and is already bathing in the gas that the company is actively lighting under them. Makes me wonder what kind of NDA and contract all of them have, to keep it hush-hush. I'm worried for the people there

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  • [+] -22 points 3 years ago

    what she's described in that thread is absolutely egregious

    *If true and complete.

    None of us were there, none of us know what happened, none of us knows the context of anything discussed. There's a universe where everything she described is misinterpreted banter and she's just an overly sensitive whiny zoomer. There's also a universe where everything she described is an understatement to the unfathomable conditions she may have been subjected to, and Linus is a prototypical millennial edgelord piece of shit who can't read a room, and gets off on belittling those under his domain.

    It's important, I think, to not be impulsively reactionary towards individual accusations. Doing so disincentives discourse and transparency. I'm going to let this play out for a bit before I make any decisions with my wallet. If Madison deserves the benefit of the doubt, so does LMG.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    DankPods is the only reason why I'd consider using Floatplane, but I've already been a Patron of his for a long time and could just up my tier sub if I wanted to support him more, which I may do if this effects his streams.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe Dankpods can get into the Nebula sphere instead.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Ha, Nebula is not the answer, either. It's a gated community that doesn't even have a way to sign up as an uploader. They expect you to make it on YouTube first before they consider moving to their network, and then you're doomed to constantly advertise for Nebula for the rest of your career.

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  • [+] -57 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    A former employee shitting on their employer during a scandal to draw media attention has been the oldest trick in the book. If more stories come forward or others corroborate the individual claims, it's worth notice. Until then, all I see is someone who took a high pressure job, couldn't hack it, and now they're trying to cash in on the negative experience for media attention.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    One party versions are always .... tricky. If this was the case then people that support her need to step up and talk. It is hard to belive a company with such ethics also had good enough enviroment for a colleague to transition and publicly anounce it to the world. Something is off...

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Exactly. Something doesn't smell right. If she wants to corroborate her story, she can start by showing her ER report for the supposed incident where she self-harmed to get out of work. That would be an easy paper trail to share and since she's already disclosed that information, she wouldn't be giving anything else up.

    Words themselves have no value in these instances.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Exactly this ^

    Until there's actual evidence put forward (and not just her word), I'll happily defer pulling out the guillotine and grabbing my pitch fork.

    I get the community as a whole is rightfully shitty with how LMG has handled themselves over the last week, but I'm certainly not taking her accusations alone at face value, regardless of how abhorrent they are

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Absolutely, the criticism from gamers Nexus was fair and earned by LMG, but these allegations are not only completely separate from the issue with quality, they're completely unsubstantiated. Should she start corroborating her story with things like the ER report from her reported incident of self-harm, or other employees confirm her story and are willing to state that they actually witness these accusations, that would be another story.

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