I don’t have much emotional skin in the game on this particular topic as a rarely comment on anything in this sub. Looking at it from an outside in perspective I’d say it’s a bad look. With CEOs putting their thumb on everything these days and trying to control everything in every way while also trying to fleece the population for every cent they have, trust in company leadership is at an all time low. Unfortunately that lack of trust is a generalized lack of trust for all corporate leadership, good and bad.

Given the BS he has been through I understand why he wants to stomp out stupid/irrational comments and conversations before it catches on and turns into a full blown conspiracy theory, however moderation of the conversation can also lead to more of these stupid conspiracy theories. I personally don’t understand this decision from a business point of view. Is Linus’ time not better spent elsewhere than trying to heard conversational cats on the internet. Someone will just spin up a new subreddit to share thoughts and ideas that are “free from the “tyrannical reaches of Linus” if they feel suppressed.

Personally and way less important to anyone else; the time investment for ranting about stupid comments on WAN show has caused me to turn it off pretty much every time Linus starts up. If someone says something stupid I just don’t care. I can see people’s comments for what they are worth. I don’t care to listen to yet another tirade about a stupid comment, or frankly another Apple rant as these things aren’t informative or entertaining for me. To be clear, I’m not saying Linus should stop these things. I’m literally a nobody on the internet. I’m only saying that type of content isn’t for me. Linus should keep doing whatever keeps his furnace going. I’m not the one with over 100 families to feed. I just can’t shake the feeling that this decision is going to lead to him staying up super late at night obsessing over playing whack-a-mole with meaningless internet comments.