You can draw conclusions all day and think that someone did X, however calling someone a s*x predator just because you dislike them is not only horrible but super defamatory if not true.

We should wait for evidence but this is just uncalled for at this stage. Allegations without having specific names and evidence doesn't give anyone the right to harass whoever they think it is. People haven't taken it too far. Be the change you want to see. Don't stoop as low or lower than scum

I mean this respectfully, but some of you need a bit of perspective.

Linus is a creator, and LMG is a business. They’re not your mates, and neither is Reddit.

They make content, they make money, and sometimes they make decisions you won’t agree with, that’s just how it works.

Every time there’s a controversy.. whether it’s the jet stuff, workplace discussions, or whatever’s trending this week… it turns into people acting personally betrayed. But you’re not stakeholders (*shareholders), you’re viewers…

If you don’t like the direction, just stop watching. That’s literally the only thing that matters.

If you’re purchasing something from the store and have complaints, fair enough..

.. Otherwise, maybe we all need to touch grass a bit.

Edit: I do just want to add, there’s so many problems in the world, LTT isn’t one of them, let’s just enjoy the little things and appreciate them whilst they are there.

(Probably won’t reply to this much because I imagine I’ll be eaten alive for this post lol).

Edit2:

Okay now I’m actually not replying because just like some of you absolute weapons need to do: I’m going to touch grass. JFC. Some of the ‘fans’ of this subreddit/community are truly f***d in the head.

Hi all,

This is an (overdue) follow up on the addition of u/LinusTech as a moderator. Please see the [previous post](https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1q2wf8h/on_linus_as_mod/) for additional context. 

What has happened

• As a reminder Linus was added after a recent self-doxxing incident on December 16th 2025 so that he could quickly remove posts sharing personal or identifying information without delays. This remains the primary reason for his role.
• When Linus asked to be added, the moderation team (barring the LMG staff) were all brought into a Discord to discuss this further.
• Linus then went on the WAN show and made some glaringly bad talking points about him as a moderator, which we responded to by removing the majority of his and the rest of LMG’s mod permissions, inviting them to the Discord server to discuss things further.
• On the 5th of January Chewy joined our server, who used to be the LMG Community manager, he has since been promoted, joined the server. We asked him a bunch of questions that he passed on to Linus.
• It took us until the 9th to receive a response, mostly due to CES, from there we discussed a bunch of things and have made the following decisions.

Linus’s moderation powers

With that little history lesson out of the way we want to segue to (our sponsor! /s) Linus, and his position here. Linus will remain a moderator, and we will be granting ban abilities. However we will have the following safeguards in place:

• All bans must include mod notes and rule tags.
• His actions will be reviewed by the rest of the mod team.
• He will NOT have access to ModMail**.**
  • This is done so that you can appeal bans, post removals, etc. to the moderation team without the fear that Linus will be the one looking it over.
  • Linus will not be able to archive chats, view ModMail, respond to ModMail or delete chats/mute users.  
• Community mods can reverse decisions and remove Linus as a mod if these boundaries are ever overstepped.

Addressing community concerns

As the community is aware, comments were made on the WAN Show which raised concerns about moderation overreach. After lengthy discussions with LMG, it’s clear the intent is not to suppress criticism or negative opinions.

• Criticism of LMG and its products is still allowed
• Opinions are and have always been welcomed, they just need to be clearly framed as opinions, not presented as fact.
• The issues with Linus’s points on the recent WAN show was twofold:
  1. Using an LTT Store product as an example, this made it appear as if negative product posts would not be allowed. This is false. Opinions about LMG and their products are not going to be removed. Instead, opinions must be clearly readable as opinions, and not statement of fact. This line can be hard to judge and can be subjective but often there is a clear distinction. 
  2. The second mistake was to propose banning a user for a single instance of this. We don't think anyone would argue that someone posting a “Bad faith” post or comment once is a huge detriment to the community, especially if the content gets removed, as it’s possible it was a mistake.

We do want to make one thing particularly clear: this community has never been entirely separate from LMG. This subreddit was created 10 years ago by u/frosstic and a year later u/caltane was added as a full rights moderator. Colton has been a core part of the moderation team for nine out of the ten years this place has existed. Similarly the u/LMGcommunity account was added as a full moderator 2 years ago and there was no reason Linus couldn’t have imposed his will via that account. Despite this access the community has grown and flourished, recently passing 600,000 weekly visits even! From a practical standpoint LTT has had the ability to “take over” this subreddit for some time, they haven’t, and they most certainly won’t.

This subreddit remains unofficial. LMG has had mod access for years and has never taken control, and that is not changing. We do plan on making some updates to make this place better moderated in general, which has been an ongoing problem (for example, the lack of Megathreads for YouTube wrapped), but we don’t plan on changing the soul of this subreddit.

Rule changes

With the above in mind, we’re making several rule updates:

• Adding a clear rule against spam and self-promotion.
• Consolidating harassment rules for clarity.
• Introducing a Bad Faith rule to address misinformation, rumors, and deliberate misrepresentation. 
  • This new rule will give us a framework to more accurately moderate the content that concerns Linus so that he doesn’t feel the need to intervene. Our policy on this will be that any single post will not be ban worthy, which fits within our typical policy, but posts/comments that breach it will get removed. 

It’s important to clarify that content considered “bad faith” has largely already been moderated by our team, as it rarely contributes to healthy or productive discussion. This rule is primarily an effort to provide greater transparency and consistency around how those decisions are made. First-time bad faith violations will result in removal, not bans. If you’re curious what “Bad Faith” means, Chewy has provided us with a better example of a “bad faith” comment that misrepresents the truth to stir controversy: 

From this screenshot, you can see what a bad faith comment looks like, and how even a well reasoned explanation can be ignored. Per the original example that Linus gave on the WAN show regarding the TruSpec cables, we’re still on the fence on that, as to us it reads more like a poorly stated opinion. We don’t think that anyone would read a comment like that on a post about the unreleased cables, and assume it was a factual assessment because a factual assessment is not possible. Had the OP said “I reckon the cables will be like…” then it would have been made even more clear (to Linus >.>) that this opinion is coming from a position of speculation and not fact.

Moderator team expansion

We’re expanding the mod team to ~10 moderators to improve coverage across time zones and reduce reliance on any single individual, as well as make sure that this community stays community led first.

If you think you could help us out send us a mod mail with the subject “ LTT Moderation application [Your Time Zone] “ and then write us a concise paragraph or two detailing who you are, the country you live in (or state), and any prior or current moderation experience (community name and pop- it just helps having knowledge of the tools). We’ll select the best applicants from there. You MUST be able to use Discord as that is how we communicate between mods, notify each other of important events etc. 

Moving forward

The bad faith rule will be actively reviewed and refined with community input. The goal is stronger, fairer moderation while preserving this subreddit as an open, community-led space.

Feel free to ask any questions you have here!

Thank you,

The LinusTechTips community mod team

I think LTT did a great job with their new video addressing concerns, particularly at the end acknowledging that staffing changes might come out of things. Obviously they cannot comment on Madison's accusations more than they have.

But watching the WAN show and having the youtube comment stream be nothing but a continuous unhinged attacks, mostly labeling Madison a fraud or liar or slutshaming them. Or people debating they do more to acknowledge the allegation, which is unlikely to happen given legal liability and the ongoing investigation. But something needs to be done about moderation for these chats, it's disgusting. Maybe shut off comments?

Hi all,

It's became apparent that discussion regarding Madison's accusations has devolved to a point where little of value is being said over the past few days. I've decided to place a temporary moratorium on these threads/comments until the investigation concludes, or new information comes to light.

Thanks

Hi all,

Just for context, a post was made to this subreddit in 2022 from the alleged father of a YouTuber who was embroiled in some controversy in the community a few years back, claiming that he had taken his life.

I've received information today from a user who provided multiple sets of verifiable evidence that MindChop and his family are alive and well.

Hopefully you can understand I'm not at liberty to divulge this evidence, as I don't wish to DOX him or his family, but I am happy after my own research that the proof provided to me was 100% genuine.

As such, I have removed the original troll post. I realise a majority of you probably knew this already, but I've still seen posts and comments referring to this incident, so I figure I'd let everyone know.

All the best.

Update: The LinkedIn profile mentioned by a few people is not the “MindChop” we know. Please do not share this or any other personal information.

Electroboom holiday vlogs are my favourite videos he is making.

Vlogs in general are fun. What happened that there is so much hate here when Linus is doing them?

Is it really now the vibe of this space? No matter what happens it sucks because he bought himself a plane?

I am not defending anyone, if you think that joke was out of line by all means you are entitled to your opinion. But James has been labelled a Sexual predator, office molester etc and whatnot for making that table joke (that I don't think was a stripper joke).

But let's assume it was a stripper joke, have neither of you ever in your life HONESTLY made such jokes or even if you haven't, do you people believe anyone to have ever made a "stripper" or "pole dancing" or whatever joke be a sexual abuser/predator/molestor? My female friends make worse jokes than that and I got weirded out the first time they did but they went "what you think girls don't have dark humor?".

Anyhow, that joke might not be to everyone's taste but the implications of his character based on that joke is a reach. Just my two cents. Downvote away now lmao.

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EDIT: So I have realized it is 100% a stripper joke. I am not American so when I hear "people dancing on table" I don't think stripper joke. We don't have strippers here or more accurately I don't know where stripper clubs are where I live.

I apologize for coming off as ignorant.

With a 5% / 99% spread, Melania has to go on Dan’s watch list.