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Official Response to the GN video, including CEO (www.youtube.com)
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It seems as though they're trying to fix things, which is good.

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[-] CeeBee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

All they're trying to fix is their image and protect their revenue stream.

There's a reason there've been jokes comparing this video to the BP apology video. It's because it's hollow. This video is monetized, and on such a serious topic they're still making jokes. They just can't help themselves.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

This week's WAN show might be a little different... Nice to see the new CEO and Yvonne make an appearance though.

Hopefully the company can change for the better

[-] chris@l.roofo.cc 14 points 1 year ago

I don't think there will be one. They said they put video production completely on hold for a week.

[-] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

They don't owe us this at all, but I would love to see more details regarding their policy improvement plans for HR and Finances. HR being under colton (amongst a number of other responsibilities he's running) seems odd, and might lead to oversight.

Again, this is internal to the company and it doesn't owe us that transparency (as we're not stakeholders).

[-] Vaggumon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Remember: No one ever lies about anything, ever.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Now apply that same standard to a certain someone.

[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

George Washington never told a lie

[-] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

He did cut down that cherry tree!

[-] LoafyLemon@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

You know what it reminds me of?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4

[-] EndHD@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

can someone explain Luke's joke? i get the 69 part but what does it mean to say your goal is six nines? is that a phrase?

[-] Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Refers to system uptime in the IT world. Six nines means your goal is to guarantee that your systems are up and available 99.9999% of the year. So basically no outages for more than ~31 seconds in a year.

[-] EndHD@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

thank you! i remember having to learn that for the Microsoft propaganda known as AZ900, but I pushed that all out as soon as i learned i didn't need to do it anymore

[-] TomaTomaToma@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What happened?

[-] cryomancer20x6@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

Gamer's Nexus released this video that heavily criticized LMG as a whole with very valid points, up to and including potential sales (or as LMG put it just an auction) of the physical cooler from a sponsor, among fraudulent results from the labs.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

It gets worse, much worse even:

I was asked about my sexual history, my boyfriends sexual history, "how I liked to fuck".

I was told that certain issues were "sexual tension" and I should just "take the co-worker out on a coffee date to ease it out"
I was asked to twerk for a co-worker at one point.

I was told I was chunky, fat, ugly, stupid.
I was called "retarded" I was called a "faggot"

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1691693740254228741.html

It's not just complete incompetency, not even "just" toxicity, but straight up abuse and sexual harassment.

[-] darkeox@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

If true, this is kind of explosive...

[-] Vaggumon@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying she's not telling the truth, but did she provide any form of proof for her claims?

[-] snor10@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

What proof could she possibly bring?

A hidden camera? If I call you a faggot in private, what proof can you wield against me except reputation and previous conduct?

A history of shady/unethical behavior compounds on the scale to make me err on the side of her tweets being truthful.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

With you simping for Linus in the other thread I'm having a really hard time taking you seriously.

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago

Asking for any kind of evidence. Eye witnesses. Anything, to a serious claim, is the smart thing.

Why are you being hostile because someone isn't believing something someone brought up?

Not to mention it's scummy she said she was under NDA but just totally realized today she's not. How perfect!

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

How is that scummy? They very obviously hire young and impressionable people without much work experience for the purpose of using abusive tactics. This isn't even just her case, as they admitted it during their own video. They literally told you they were already abusive, but you end up giving them the benefit of the doubt? I'm sorry, but that is nothing but hypocrisy.

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Imagine asking for proof of such claims. They should just close the company down cos one person said something. /s

Idk if Madison is lying or not but we can’t just take her word for it

[-] Polar@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Like I said a million times (which are HEAVILY downvoted), we need to wait for both sides.

Let the investigation take place and wait for the results.

Then be mad at the correct person.

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago

Actually the "sale" came from Linus. GN called it auction in their video.

[-] cryomancer20x6@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

That's fair. I'm not entirely caught up.

[-] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I may be mistaken, but I believe GN did refer to it as being a sale later in the video, calling back to the part where they stated the facts of the matter.

That said, an auction is a type of sale, so this distinction is utterly meaningless.

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