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"Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
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Folks here are missing the point blaming LTT for the drop. This has been a sudden drop, too sudden to be fatigue or audience tastes changing.
Also I can see the same on my own channel. About 2 weeks ago views suddenly dropped to a third of the usual views. And even high performing videos have had trouble getting views since. Even videos with a high impression percentage are getting lower than average views.
The same wsd also reported by Second Wind (old Zero Punctuation) and their experience is the same: way too sudden drop to be anything else except YouTube adjusting their algorithm.
Thanks for the analysis. I've got to say. We on Lemmy can be vicious.
Yeah, it's easy to bark at influencer we don't like.
I think his org has consistently done its best and I still tune in across the channels. I know that I couldn't do better with matched resources, without experience and a lot more considerations.
Listening to everyone hate on a whole media group puzzles me a bit.
LTT has done bad things and never apologized. For example he copied a gamersnexus script and never acknowledged it.
And stole an item to auction off! I can’t believe people here defend their ass D:
Which turned out to be false, and Billet Labs confirmed it was always the agreement that they were not supposed to return it, they just changed their mind later when it was already too late.
The email chain was published by Billet Labs after LTT said there were no expectations of returning the prototype. It proved that Linus lied about it.
Billet Labs explicitly said in the email that "you could keep it". They changed their mind later. So what's the lie? The emails confirm Linus's version.
"..
Regarding LTT, we are simply going to state the relevant facts:
On 10th August, we were told by LTT via email that the block had been sold at auction. There was no apology.
We replied on 10th August within 30 minutes, telling LTT that this wasn't okay, and that this was a £XXXX prototype, and we asked if they planned to reimburse us at all.
We received no reply and no offer of payment until 2 hours after the Gamers Nexus video went live on 14th August, at which point Linus himself emailed us directly.
The exact monetary value of the prototype was offered as reimbursement. We have not received, nor have we asked for any other form of compensation."
Time-stamped emails were provided as proof.
All correct, and not conflicting with what I said. For the avoidance of doubt here is the email where Billet Labs confirmed they told them they could keep it: https://imgur.com/a/mF2tz4J
Then they changed their mind, and your timeline follows.
The email says they could keep it for further testing, not sell it.
LTT claimed they offered to pay for it but the time stamps prove they didn't get an offer to pay for it until after GN publicized the mistake.
No, the email says they said they could keep it, with no qualifiers, because they thought it would be for further testing, but didn't tell anyone that's their expectation.
Never acknowledged it? He immediately put a pinned comment attributing Gamers Nexus when notified of it, and GN thanked him for it, which any reasonable person would take as him being happy with the resolution.
It was a piece of info from GN's video, not a copied script though.
https://gamersnexus.net/gn-extras/our-response-linus-sebastian
Yeah, that's what I'm basing what I said on. You can see GN thanking Linus for quick action, and being understanding that an inexperienced writer could make such a mistake.
"quick action"
3 years later and only after Linus made vague legal threats to GN about Honey requiring GN to publicize LTT's past bad behavior.
I'm literally quoting GN, who said "quick action" in the email you can see, what can I tell you. You can disagree that it was quick action, but you are not disagreeing with me, you are disagreeing with GN.
They took quick action 3 years after GN publicized LTT's past bad behavior.
According to your source they replied and acknowledged the plagiarism 34 minutes after being notified by GN. I have no clue where you are getting 3 years.
"Plagiarism by Linus Tech Tips of GamersNexus content wherein we previously privately reached out without resolution"
They had privately contacted LTT in the past. LTT ignored it until GN made a public video years later.
Well, if that happened, no such emails are in the GN response.
The quote was from the linked article.
You: Quote
Me: The quote is not backed by any proof
You: The quote is from the article
Where else would it be from and how is that relevant?
So LTT apologized and gave GN credit only after GN made it public and that's not proof?
https://gamersnexus.net/gn-extras/our-response-linus-sebastian#linus-tech-tips-plagiarism
Read the emails. Linus said he'd fix it. GN thanked him for quick action but 3 years later LTT still hadn't done anything.
Yeah, it is proof that Linus acknowledged it. Of course it was too late and he didn't do enough about it, but that was never in question.
All I see in the email is that Linus said he will speak with the writers to not forget citations again and put up a pinned comment, which he did, and GN thanked him for it. I don't see GN requesting any other action in the email. That's definitely not "hadn't done anything". It's not enough, but again that was never in question.
The receipts show LTT plagerized, Linus promised to fix it but didn't. Steve thanked him expecting that Linus would do what he promised but then Linus did nothing.
3 years later after GN publicized the unethical behavior, Linus then, and only then fixed it.
But he didn't. He promised to but never did until 3 years later. That's why Steve called him out.
Please give me some dates because I really can't see where the 3 years are coming from. 3 years haven't even passed yet from when the plagiarism happened
So he did acknowledge it. Which, may I remind you again, is all I'm saying, in response your comment that he didn't acknowledge it. I'm not saying he fixed the issue, all I'm saying is that he said he will, which you seem to agree with, so I really don't know what you are disagreeing with me about.
Your original comment is:
Which I disagree with, because in my opinion it should be:
I don't know why you are saying he fixed it 3 years later when the WAN Clips segment still doesn't even have a pinned comment. He did not fix it then, he did not fix it until now, and I bet it won't be fixed 3 years later, which will pass next week.
"As of January 20, 2025, nearly 3 years later, there has been no public acknowledgement of the plagiarism, nor retraction of the content in the WAN Show upload with 2,000,000 views. The WAN Show upload and LMG Clips videos do not reference or cite GamersNexus either verbally or on screen at any point for the EVGA story. "
https://gamersnexus.net/gn-extras/our-response-linus-sebastian
Sounds correct, he only acknowledged it in private by responding to the email.