The Problem with Tech Media: Ego, Dogmatism, and Cult of Personality
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The rise of tech media on YouTube brings about new problems that have never widely occurred before in the tech media space. Steve from GN highlights a few, but I expose a few more, as well as give a detailed analysis on the words underlying the recent reports. This video is not monetized, but that's beside the point, as you'll see. Timestamps - [0:00:00] Sequence of Events - [0:03:10] Can you trust me? - Ground Rules -- [0:04:56] GR1: This is not an attack -- [0:06:11] GR2: We're talking about everything -- [0:07:05] GR3: Using explicit naming -- [0:08:12] GR4: I'm going to be anal about WORDS -- [0:08:48] GR5: I'm a hypocrite - [0:09:26] Billet Labs -- [0:10:09] Billet Labs: The Review -- [0:13:36] Billet Labs: The Auction -- [0:16:46] Billet Labs: The Response -- [0:19:42] Talking Point: What if NVIDIA? - [0:21:51] Toxicity Inside LMG -- [0:24:36] Some of you are idiots - Analysing Steve's Video -- [0:28:44] Pt 0.1: Initial Intro -- [0:29:52] Pt 0.2: Early Overview -- [0:32:03] Pt 1: Rushing -- [0:35:07] Pt 2: Accuracy and Data -- [0:39:29] Pt 3: Drama and Risk --- [0:42:55] Does a bad LMG hurt GN? --- [0:44:31] A Right to Reply --- [0:46:50] A Claim of Objectivity -- [0:47:54] Pt 4: Breakdown of LMG -- [0:51:24] Pt 5: Errors --- [0:53:28] Talking Point: Youtube and Deadlines --- [0:54:28] The Review Process --- [1:01:20] The Complexity of Benchmarking --- [1:06:50] The Costs are Different --- [1:11:46] *The Asterisks -- [1:14:34] Pt 6: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility -- [1:20:19] Pt 7: Pwnage Stormbreaker --- [1:23:23] Errors you see, Errors you don't -- [1:26:11] Pt 8: Unfair to All - [1:33:19] Fin Gamers Nexus video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc Linus on LTT Forums: https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/15r7odj/linus_response/ Gamers Nexus video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3byz3txpso Linus Tech Tips Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cTpTMl8kFY Twitter Thread on Toxicity: https://twitter.com/suuuoppp/status/1691693740254228741 ----------------------- Need POTATO merch? There's a chip for that! http://merch.techtechpotato.com http://more-moore.com : Sign up to the More Than Moore Newsletter https://www.patreon.com/TechTechPotato : Patreon gets you access to the TTP Discord server! Follow Ian on Twitter at http://twitter.com/IanCutress Follow TechTechPotato on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TechTechPotato If you're in the market for something from Amazon, please use the following links. TTP may receive a commission if you purchase anything through these links. Amazon USA : https://geni.us/AmazonUS-TTP Amazon UK : https://geni.us/AmazonUK-TTP Amazon CAN : https://geni.us/AmazonCAN-TTP Amazon GER : https://geni.us/AmazonDE-TTP Amazon Other : https://geni.us/TTPAmazonOther Ending music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N0tmgau5E4 ----------------------- Welcome to the TechTechPotato (c) Dr. Ian Cutress Ramblings about things related to Technology from an analyst for More Than Moore #techtechpotato #linusmediagroup #gamersnexus ------------ More Than Moore, as with other research and analyst firms, provides or has provided paid research, analysis, advising, or consulting to many high-tech companies in the industry, which may include advertising on TTP. The companies that fall under this banner include AMD, Armari, Facebook, IBM, Infineon, Intel, Lattice Semi, Linode, MediaTek, NordPass, ProteanTecs, Qualcomm, SiFive, Tenstorrent.

Nobody posted it, I waited, but since this is pretty relevant, here it is.

    • wormer@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      no one had a conspiracy to hide this its because you posted it twice and went insane when people don’t like being tricked into reading it with a false title and pin

      • 7heo@lemmy.mlOPM
        01·
        1 year ago

        What bots…

        To be fair, it’s probably an LTT fanboy who systematically downvoted all the posts, and started with the ones that were recently active. But it’s not like the LTT audience is foreign to using automation or harming others/raging.

        All votes are public.

        No. All votes are public to instance owners. Plus I’m not convinced that only votes drive “activity” (If you wanna prove me wrong, you’re free to go check the source. THAT is actually public).

        Edit: please see below about votes being public or not, before drawing premature conclusions, they are not public. But there’s nuance, hence me striking the “absolute” text out.

        At least from kbin so there’s no conspiracy. You can see who upvoted and who downvoted.

        Kbin only shows favorites. They don’t show actual upvotes/downvotes (which is a good thing IMHO).

        But it’s not like you would check anything properly before opening your mouth… Which I reckon is a very annoying, and widespread trend. I mean you can clearly see the post has 8 upvotes, 18 downvotes; and kbin shows 10 “favorites”. How does that even compute for you? 🤦‍♂️

        Edit: I was made aware by @ImaginaryFox@kbin.social and @conciselyverbose@kbin.social - both kbin users, this is not a fluke - that “upvotes and downvotes are actually visible”. I have not been able to confirm that. However, given that this information is clearly available to instance admins (and to the software, obviously), it is very likely that kbin developers decided to show this information to (kbin) registered users, to narrow the information/power gap between admins and users. They also (wisely) kept this information behind an id-wall, as it is really sensitive information, especially if made crawl-public (it is much more revealing of user behavior than their posts or comments; and therefore that much more valuable for profiling).

        Besides, to bury a post, you actually have to make the other ones active… smh

        I’m eagerly awaiting your single word insult answer, or something equally enlightened.

        With immeasurable love,
        Your enamored shmoopie