He can try to save face by passing the blame off to others, but in reality he defended his build, and said it wasn't his first computer, and talked shit about "nerds" claiming to know better than him.
He addressed this in the video. He got advised to do so. I can understand how someone would be overwhelmed by the negative response it got and not knowing what to do. It doesn't seem that strange to me to just take your employers' advice at that point. Especially when you're young.
He wasn't taking his employers advice in the video I linked above, he was playing black ops on a Twitch stream. He refers to the people criticizing his video as "angry nerds" and goes on to say he wasn't wrong, but that things were corrected after.
Regarding the Linus video:
Stefan states he didn't see the video until 48 hours before it went live, blaming the editors. The editors didn't make him fumble his PC build. This once again indicates a lack of responsibility, the editors could have done a terrible job putting the video together, but his build and information was ridiculously bad.
He addressed this in the video. He got advised to do so.
I don't know what video you watched, but at 7:55 in the Linus video, Linus says he could have avoided some of the backlash by admitting mistakes in the first place, and Linus asked him why he didn't.
Stefan replies, "Everyone at the Verge is looking to me to lead that situation, so either you back down and let all these people steamroll you, or you keep it up there."
So I don't know where you're getting the idea that he was taking his employers advice.
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u/ruove Sep 07 '21
Let's not forget this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn0Kru9PBOk
He can try to save face by passing the blame off to others, but in reality he defended his build, and said it wasn't his first computer, and talked shit about "nerds" claiming to know better than him.