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    I remember watching the one or two videos Madison was in and thinking she was funny. Linus benefited from having a younger counterpoint that could counter-troll him in videos.

    I’m not gonna get out over my skis and boycott LTT or anything but it is disappointing to hear. Actually my two fave LTT personalities were her and Anthony who may or may not be returning for reasons already discussed elsewhere.

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      The person formerly known as Anthony goes by Emily now, let’s try and not use deadnames :)

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        Yes, that’s been a problem across this post (and some others). People do not want to call her Emily…

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          Not everybody is up to date with what happens to every employee at LTT. I had no idea she now went by Emily.

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        I am very out of the loop here, what is this Anthony / Emily situation? I‘ve been wondering that he (she?) hasn’t been on screen for a while afaik

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            Thanks for the summary and the link

            Good for her! Hopefully she comes back quickly as a host, I miss those videos

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            😂never knew her old name, so thank you for posting this link, so I could find out which person was meant. Really hope she comes back to making Linux videos in the future! Would love a collaboration with Jeff Geerling 😀

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        Kudos for being an ally to those who need it. It’s a minor effort for us to support those trying to be their true selves and it means the world to them that we support them.

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        I think he knows. But only writing Emily could also confuse some people who werr unaware

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          That’s fair enough, but it would have been way better in that case to use the correct name, and adding a reference in parenthesis or something for those who are not yet up to date, rather than using only the deadname.

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      It’s clear Linus has come to the conclusion he’s in way over his head. A small channel to a full blown media/tech company is a whole different ball game.

      Coming up to the new CEO announcement, you could tell Linus was burning out. He seemed tired, quick to anger, and just generally in a bad mood.

      That shit rolls down hill. Pushing for more videos on a tight schedule and burning everyone else out with him has led to the sloppiness.

      As for Madison, I believe her. The company clearly has managers who have no business managing and simply got those positions via having tenure as the company grew.

      Culture rots when there is no accountability, and when you have a burned out, grouchy CEO trying to do too much, too fast.

      So what will matter now is what they do about it. Linus hiring a CEO is a good first step. I feel LMG has always been remarkably transparent and they aren’t pretending Madison’s story didn’t happen.

      So if there is accountability for what happened to Madison (as in the people who totally did not do their jobs should be likely fired) and if proper training and processes are in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again, then at the end of the day, they’re doing what they can when shitty stuff like this happens.

      Ideally it never happens. But if it does, do what you can to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

      Say what you want about the LMS folks, they’ve always been open. Linus’ heart is almost always in the right place. He wants to build an ethical and transparent company. He is a huge tech nerd and that’s what makes LTT so entertaining.

      If it continues to degrade, yeah, I’m going to pass on further supporting them. But until they prove they can’t or won’t act in good faith, I believe them