Comments by "Gilad Barlev" (@GSBarlev) on "Respect for LinusTechTips; he's EARNED it!" video.

Let's not forget the time he invited Naomi Wu to meet him at his hotel or how he threatened an ex-employee with a defamation lawsuit. Linus is not someone I would ever want to work for or work with. But he did invest in and promote Framework, he did publish a video about Switch emulation and he did rescue Riley Murdock from the NCIX dumpsters.
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@Koketsune You talking about the Naomi Wu stuff? They don't disagree on the facts, just the interpretation. And hey, maybe Linus really is just that stupid and naïve to think that it's perfectly innocent to ask a woman in a culturally conservative nation to meet him at his hotel after dark. All I know is a lot of people rushing out of the woodwork to give this guy every benefit of the doubt.
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@zachmondial2172 wtf why would YT delete my response? Anyway, tl;dr—full report was never released, we only have LMG's word for what it says. But also—Madison only came forward when other folks started complaining about the toxic work environment and has stayed silent since the investigation began. If she was doing it for attention, seems like she'd be trying to... call attention to it.
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@zachmondial2172 No, the extremely expensive law firm they hired to conduct their audit reportedly determined that LMG did nothing wrong. The full report has not been—and I guarantee will never be—released. Madison has been silent about the report, and if I were her, I would be too out of fear of litigation. Remember that she only came forward in the first place once current employees were talking about the toxic work environment. Am I saying I'd stake my life on her story being the truth? No. But from where I see it she had a lot more to lose by speaking out than she stood to gain.
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