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Madison on why she quit (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [M] to c/linustechtips@lemmy.ml
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[–] 294 points 3 years ago (15 children)

This is worse than the Gamer's Nexus video. The biggest red flag initially wasn't even the bad testing data, it was how overworked the staff were. Clearly employee wellness is not a priority.

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  • [–] 127 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The Gamer’s Nexus video was necessary for others to speak out. Steve was clear that speaking up was a move that could backfire due to the power imbalance involved. Had he not spoken up there would be no opportunity for Madison to weigh in her experiences without being attacked.

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  • [+] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    Imagine just how much worse it would have been if she just came out randomly. The fact she made a glassdoor review long before and it wasn't picked up says a lot about LMG's audence.

    LMG has a massive frat boy culture to it. It was never hidden, in fact it seemed like it was welcomed and encouraged.

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

    After I came forward about being assaulted, Someone accused Linus of inappropriate conduct on twitter.

    He came over to my corner and started BERATING HER. Calling her insane, mentally ill, an attention seeker, and just digging into this poor woman who had felt wronged by him.

    Linus sounds pretty consciously malicious to me...

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”

    —Lord Acton, Letter to Bishop Creighton (1887)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    This is not my thesis but someone else’s but as a counterpoint to this platitude, look at the difference between Lincoln versus Nixon. Both were leaders at pivotal times but they took very different ethical directions. Sometimes character and background DOES matter and we SHOULD expect more of our leaders. Just assuming they will all be corrupt makes up disengage from the process.

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