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Madison on why she quit Linus Tech Tips. (Content Warning: Sexism, Self Harm , Sexual Assault & Harassment) (threadreaderapp.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Whiskeyomega@kbin.social to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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For Reasons relating to LTT on its coverage of PCGaming and PC Hardware I thought it important to share this here.

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@suuuoppp: To stop the speculation and DM's I am receiving. I chose to quit my role at LTT because it, and the working environment I was facing, were ruining my mental health. The number of daily items...…

Update : LTT Responded https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834190/linus-tech-tips-gamersnexus-madison-reeves-controversy
"The company has currently paused all production to improve its review processes, and CEO Terren Tong tells The Verge an outside investigator will be hired to examine the harassment allegations."

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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does she have to lose?

Listen, I'm not at all saying she's lying, but I do not know her and people do shit for inexplicable reasons all the time.

She is getting a lot of attention, something I'm sure many people would not enjoy, but some of that is definitely being driven to her YT channel, so the whole "nothing to gain" position isn't really true.

[–] Hellsadvocate@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Um. Being hired again? She can be completely shut out of any earnings that she needs to survive whereas Linus has a fuck you amount of money. So...

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Being hired again?

She's going to be hired against her will? 🤔