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.
    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
      5·
      1 year ago

      The youtube link gets intercepted by the piped bot, NewPipe clients, the Libretube app, and various privacy-friendly browser extensions 🤷‍♂️ instead of linking to a single invidious instance. Normal people on Lemmy may also want to just use… the YouTube app they’ve already got on their device, or the site itself, their choice.

      With a YT link, lemmy can also correctly identify duplicate/cross posts that way, so people aren’t scrolling past the same thing twice (if their lemmy client supports that feature).

      If this was a privacy community I can understand linking straight to a random proxy/alt Tube instance… but on a community as mainstream as Linus Tech Tips I struggle to see how that’s appropriate here.

      To be honest, most people here, including myself, don’t care what people link to. It just seems extremely short sighted IMO to assume that other people are on Lemmy for the same reasons as you, and drop a sarcastic jab at another user because they offered an alternative for the wider userbase

      • 7heo@lemmy.mlOPM
        16·
        1 year ago

        The youtube link gets intercepted by the piped bot, NewPipe clients, the Libretube app, and various privacy-friendly browser extensions 🤷‍♂️ instead of linking to a single invidious instance. Normal people on Lemmy may also want to just use… the YouTube app they’ve already got on their device, or the site itself, their choice.

        Yeah I agree that it would be nicer to have https://decentralizedvideo.link/ that 302 to random invidious instances. But out of respect for people who use an actual computer, and don’t want to edit the URL by hand (you know, the rationale for posting the actual youtube link), I think it’s important to provide both. Whether I push it as a centralized corporate service or as a decentralized community-powered service is my personal choice; and if you’re on Lemmy, it’s kinda hypocritical to push the centralized, corporate logic.

        With a YT link, lemmy can also correctly identify duplicate/cross posts that way, so people aren’t scrolling past the same thing twice (if their lemmy client supports that feature).

        That sounds like a specific client problem. Let them implement parsing invidious links too.

        To be honest, most people here, including myself, don’t care what people link to. It just seems extremely short sighted IMO to assume that other people are on Lemmy for the same reasons as you

        Oh, I don’t assume. I actually know most people are drones that will not spend a single second thinking about how they are played by megacorporations. I chose to do it this way, regardless. I know, to a lot of people here, this arguably makes it worse. So, eeeh? (downvotes welcome).

      • 7heo@lemmy.mlOPM
        14·
        1 year ago

        Bruh, it’s federated. Go take that issue with the owner of that server. I don’t care, I only use that name because the only other instances I could remember the name of, were offline within a week, or are constantly flaky…

        • riesendulli@discuss.tchncs.de
          31·
          1 year ago

          You replied to someone taking issue in that and providing the platforms correct link, where the video was posted. The user is able to use the native app. If you want to pipe a video, then ignore yewtube instead of deflecting.

          • jetAEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            For what’s it’s worth i use new pipe and it doesn’t understand the alternative link, I had to parse the url by hand. By offering the canonical link I intended for people to be able to use whatever workflow they are comfortable with without manual intervention.

            Be that newpipe, browser JavaScript url rewriters, etc