Just to make a more meta comment, this is a case where cynicism is definitely not helping. We need better journalists to do this kind of deep dive without concern for losing a revenue stream. And not just in gaming hardware, either.
If we cynically label every journalist that does it as “drama mongers”, we’re only hurting ourselves.
I haven’t been super happy about how GN approaches their journalism since they tend to sensationalize a bit, but I at least appreciate that they are pretty accurate when it comes to actual factual statements.
His heart’s in the right place, I just don’t like the tone.
The way they are phrasing things is very sensationalist. They are very much not doing dry, factual content.
This probably is required to make a profit, but too me is still drama.
What do you mean not doing factual content, they literally had a lawyer with them in their video about NZXT scams. They also showed tons of proof how NZXT was lying to the customers. NZXT CEO was eventually forced to do an interview regarding these news. Is it still drama to you?
Hot take, who cares if it’s mildly emotional as long as it delivers the truth.
The issue with sensationalism is that it usually hides the truth, lies, or tells half truths. If the facts are all right there, who care?
that’s because they are forced to by the yt algorithm: you flat out cannot run a business on yt without resorting to clickbait titles, stupid thumbnails, and a bit of sensationalization, because the algorithm will deprioritize your video and unfairly limit your viewership if you don’t do those things.
Steve’s videos are generally very much dry, factual reporting using fairly neutral language; or in other words: really decent reporting!
if you want to complain about some tech youtuber doing the exact things you complain about, look at linus and jay…
there’s some good reasons why steve is one of only a handful of tech channels i still subscribe to…
Yeah, it seems to be a personal mission for Steve, and he seems to be going a bit harder on them as well. I remember the fan controller fire risk thing was like 2-3 videos, each about 10-20 min, whereas recent “investigative journalism” pieces are more like 1-1.5 hours, and the details seem a bit more spread out.
I appreciate what he’s doing, I just wish it was a little less dramatic, but I guess that sells clicks and views.
They are running a drama/scandal focussed channel. Of course they are going to be controversial at times.
investigative journalism is drama now 👍
Just to make a more meta comment, this is a case where cynicism is definitely not helping. We need better journalists to do this kind of deep dive without concern for losing a revenue stream. And not just in gaming hardware, either.
If we cynically label every journalist that does it as “drama mongers”, we’re only hurting ourselves.
I haven’t been super happy about how GN approaches their journalism since they tend to sensationalize a bit, but I at least appreciate that they are pretty accurate when it comes to actual factual statements.
His heart’s in the right place, I just don’t like the tone.
Is there any case where cynicism is helpful?
When being scammed.
The way they are phrasing things is very sensationalist. They are very much not doing dry, factual content. This probably is required to make a profit, but too me is still drama.
What do you mean not doing factual content, they literally had a lawyer with them in their video about NZXT scams. They also showed tons of proof how NZXT was lying to the customers. NZXT CEO was eventually forced to do an interview regarding these news. Is it still drama to you?
They aren’t doing dry content. They do emotional but factual content.
Hot take, who cares if it’s mildly emotional as long as it delivers the truth. The issue with sensationalism is that it usually hides the truth, lies, or tells half truths. If the facts are all right there, who care?
Reporting is not to be emotional. Editorials are where the emotion goes.
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This is such a weird position to take, they’re doing investigative journalism, but you’re upset because they’re not dry and emotionless about it?
that’s because they are forced to by the yt algorithm: you flat out cannot run a business on yt without resorting to clickbait titles, stupid thumbnails, and a bit of sensationalization, because the algorithm will deprioritize your video and unfairly limit your viewership if you don’t do those things.
Steve’s videos are generally very much dry, factual reporting using fairly neutral language; or in other words: really decent reporting!
if you want to complain about some tech youtuber doing the exact things you complain about, look at linus and jay…
there’s some good reasons why steve is one of only a handful of tech channels i still subscribe to…
Not really. Reviews and weekly news are still their bread and butter. They do a few of these deep dive investigations per year.
And they do very detailed reviews.
They seem to be doing far more of them lately.
Companies are going to shit more quickly these days
Yeah, it seems to be a personal mission for Steve, and he seems to be going a bit harder on them as well. I remember the fan controller fire risk thing was like 2-3 videos, each about 10-20 min, whereas recent “investigative journalism” pieces are more like 1-1.5 hours, and the details seem a bit more spread out.
I appreciate what he’s doing, I just wish it was a little less dramatic, but I guess that sells clicks and views.
Your being downvoted because they cannot handle the truth.