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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/HankHippoppopalous on 2023-08-22 16:05:10+00:00.
Spicy Take: You've got to be an IDIOT to make a business in front of a camera. I love the content related to how the business works, heck its the reason a lot of us watch WAN show.
Being a media personality, and having half your company show up in front of a camera (or even giving them a platform) is just.... insane. I came to this realization as we were talking about the Madison incident with some friends at work, and realize we've ALL worked at a place where at some point, allegations had been made about a coworker (true or not, verifiable or not) and we realized that for 99.9% of business, thats a normal part of hiring people - sometimes you get a SHIT person (on either side of the complaint).
What you never see however as a patron of that business, is how they deal with HR issues - because its none of your business. They might be selling you car parts and employ an actual registered sex offender. The girl handling coffee may have reported 154 inappropriate conversations last year. But, as I'm just a patron of that business, I have no right to know what goes on there.
Having a media company thats so open and awesome about their behind the scenes workings and goings on is just leaving themselves open to things that we (as a consumer) really don't have a right to know.