Maybe that extra $400 time investment wouldn't have been such a bad idea after all
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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This is the issue every first world manager makes time and time again. They make greedy little shyster decisions to save a penny here or save face there and then it ends up costing them hundreds of times what it would have cost to just be ethical and decent in the beginning. It's incredible really what letting the entire world be run by business degree graduates will create in terms of the corporate landscape.
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Honestly, that bit now seems kinda small compared to what’s happened with the sexual harassment allegations.
It’s gone from YouTube drama because the channel’s a mess, to an actual scandal which paints the entire company as toxic.
Whoa, I haven't heard about the sexual harassment. Got a link?
(one of the top posts in this community rn, was pinned all of yesterday)
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As a bystander just here for the popcorn and drama, would someone mind explaining what Floatplane is and how it pertains to LTT and LMG?
It's like a subscription based YouTube replacement. Like nebula or something. But mostly it's just LTT that has content there.
Core difference is that you subscribe to each channel individually, kinda like Patreon, instead of the Nebula model where you pay one fee and have access to every creator on there.
Awesome, thank you for the clarification.
That's a good explanation.
Floatplane is the video hosting service that they created and own. Instead of being ad supported it requires a monthly fee for each content creator on it (in the vein of only fans or patreon). So a loss of subs is a direct loss of monthly income for LTT.
Looks like their attempt at a video streaming app, separate from youtube.
Is it just them on the service? I don’t see the appeal over Nebula
It is not. It also has a lot of the not political gun youtubers on it, as wrll as various other hobby interests.
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I believe it’s their website/platform, where they post exclusive content that only subscribers can view
I hate Floatplane being tied to LMG right now. The concept of floatplane is great and a competitor to YouTube is much needed
I've been enjoying Nebula as a creator-owned YouTube alternative. I don't like all the creators there (a bit too "BreadTube" for my tastes), but there are plenty of creators that I do like. They have some decent bundles too.
Sorry… “BreadTube?”
Left leaning YouTubers, although, just like anything in the mouth of right wingers, it's losing its meaning because it's used for anyone they disagree with.
"Left Leaning" as far as I can tell today is anyone that doesn't base a large chunk of their personality on hating or being against vulnerable groups of people.
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I suspect that if this destroys the company, Linus will turn into one of those raging conspiratorial lunatics who blames society for his failures. I always thought he was a level headed dude, but some of the stuff coming makes me think he's more of a Scott Adams type deep down.
Given how much of his investment has gone into creating LMG, Floatplane, etc, I can certainly see that happening. Even the most level headed person in the world will have a point in which a switch in their minds would flip.
I know a few people who were never the same after the dot-com crash, and most recently with the crypto crash. Such a loss (whether of their own making or external impact) will cause even the most sane person to be delusional and senile.
I'm willing to put money that if LMG goes to the ground, we will see a person potentially beyond repair, possibly with a destroyed family, given that it's both him and his wife as the primary investors. I really hope their kids come out unaffected.
It's just sad all around.
"i couldnt justify the $500 in people's time to reshoot the review" - linus sexual harassment tips
Cancelled mine and deleted my account.
To be honest, based on what I've seen from floatplane subscriber comments its people leaving because of the content pause.
Any negative comment is immediately disliked to oblivion
I.e.:
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I feel these graphs tell a different story:
IMHO The people who really cared have left, the one who are on the verge are mainly waiting and the one actively participating with votes are the core fans.
The source is Reddit from user nicePenguin, here's an archived version (Link), they put up a site too at http://fp-stats.buzz , I'm not sure about the overall accuracy, but it doesn't seem wrong at first glance.
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