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Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t...::The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has halted production after controversies over ethics and accuracy in reporting, spurred further this morning by accusations of sexual harassment experienced at the company.

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't see a lot of people come back from turmoil like this and stay as popular as they previously were. Will be interesting to see what changes they make.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are popular because they really know how to leverage the Youtube algorithm and end up being suggested to a ton of people. Technically knowledgeable people might reject LTT even more due to this mess but there are still a ton of viewers following what Youtube suggests.

[–] ShunkW@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's not even that they know how to work the algorithm anymore. When you're that high level, you have a partnership with YouTube and they'll adjust the algorithm for you.

Fair. They could also just reincorporate a new company and do the same with different people featured and make money I suppose.