but it’s kind of hard to do that when some misinformation is spread publicly
Then ask for it to be taken back. Again, he had all of the power and should have settled it maturely, or just denied it and moved on if Naomi was really so unreasonable (I know she can get wound up sometimes, but it was an event from 4 years ago, I don't blame her for not remembering correctly).
Linus absolutely wouldn't have said it if Luke hadn't brought it up. It's not like this is the first scandal on the internet, everyone knows that you start by telling people not to harass others, look at Cr1TiKaL's videos for an example.
Linus isn't some smol bean youtuber, he is the biggest tech channel on the website, and his handling of this, along with his warranty scandal and what all else. He has the power, so he has the responsibility. I am going to hold him to a much higher standard than a small youtuber in a country that banned youtube.
A kind of similar issue happened a while ago when they moved into a new building and were complaining about some things done by the previous tenant. Despite blurring info in that video some people tried to find and harass the employees of the previous tenant. He's said that people should absolutely stay out of it and never harass anyone on their behalf. Practically speaking that is not going to stop everyone
Which is why these things should be handled publicly only as a last resort and saying not to harass someone as an afterthought comes off as almost intentionally malicious.
I agree that handling things privately would be the best option. I don't think saying you shouldn't harass people 10 minutes earlier, when basically everyone listening has heard that message before on previous episodes, would make a different in the harassment. Only keeping it private would ensure there is no harassment
It wouldn't have stopped all harassment, but I don't think it would have done nothing. Even if it kept only a single person from attacking Wu on twitter, it should have been done.
Then ask for it to be taken back. Again, he had all of the power and should have settled it maturely, or just denied it and moved on if Naomi was really so unreasonable (I know she can get wound up sometimes, but it was an event from 4 years ago, I don't blame her for not remembering correctly).
Linus absolutely wouldn't have said it if Luke hadn't brought it up. It's not like this is the first scandal on the internet, everyone knows that you start by telling people not to harass others, look at Cr1TiKaL's videos for an example.
Linus isn't some smol bean youtuber, he is the biggest tech channel on the website, and his handling of this, along with his warranty scandal and what all else. He has the power, so he has the responsibility. I am going to hold him to a much higher standard than a small youtuber in a country that banned youtube.
A kind of similar issue happened a while ago when they moved into a new building and were complaining about some things done by the previous tenant. Despite blurring info in that video some people tried to find and harass the employees of the previous tenant. He's said that people should absolutely stay out of it and never harass anyone on their behalf. Practically speaking that is not going to stop everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjJF-JULU8
Which is why these things should be handled publicly only as a last resort and saying not to harass someone as an afterthought comes off as almost intentionally malicious.
I agree that handling things privately would be the best option. I don't think saying you shouldn't harass people 10 minutes earlier, when basically everyone listening has heard that message before on previous episodes, would make a different in the harassment. Only keeping it private would ensure there is no harassment
It wouldn't have stopped all harassment, but I don't think it would have done nothing. Even if it kept only a single person from attacking Wu on twitter, it should have been done.