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Linus Tech Tips issues response to Madison's accusations (aussie.zone)
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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (5 children)

He stepped down as CEO six weeks ago. Hopefully the new one can bring some process maturity to LTT.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    He and his wife are still the majority (perhaps only?) owners, so Linus is still in charge even if he is pretending to delegate some duties.

    I think the fact he appeared in the latest video and was still so defensive is enough evidence to prove that point.

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

    Linus is the founder, his name is on the buildings, he was CEO at the time of all this shit, he is the cheif on camera personality and he is the majority shareholder. Of course he would be in the video.

    Hiring Terren was the smartest thing he could have done, he probably should have gotten someone who understands this shit onboard a long time ago. Even if they were subordinate to him.

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

    Linus also wants LMG to be about more than him, and a huge part of the controversy is tied to his decision making power overruling everyone else who says they are working too fast.

    He could have appeared, that's fine, but that nobody was able to get him to drop the defensive attitude and just finally say "sorry" without any pity pleas would have been a very strong signal. That they either didn't think to do that, couldn't get Linus to agree or don't have the power to force him also sends a strong signal in the other direction.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    While I do agree, Id say the counterpoint would be that putting Terren out front when all this happened under Linus's watch could have come across as disingenuous.

    "Heres our new lightning rod, yell at him" sort of thing. I very much think they are in a no win scenario with most of this.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Linus is still in charge even if he is pretending to delegate some duties

    It may be different in Canada, but AFAIK a CEO has full decision powers over everyday functioning of a company. They can get fired by the Board (owners) if they don't do what the board wants, but it's not like members of the board can waltz in and make random decisions with the CEO watching.

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