NVIDIA Influencing YouTube Tech Journalists' Product-Placements, Alleges Whistleblower

[OneMoar]

@btarunr you got about half a day before this explodes anymore then it already has
ltt wan show is in a few hours
and they will be covering it

be sensible retract the article and apologise

 

[btarunr]

@btarunr you got about half a day before this explodes anymore then it already has
ltt wan show is in a few hours
and they will be covering it

be sensible retract the article and apologise

Already did, 10 mins ago. I've been in contact with Steve, and it appears he's satisfied with my response.

 

[Fouquin]

Why are my images being removed from my posts?

Because Steve asked that *all* likeness be removed from the post, and you keep adding his likeness. So it will be removed, by his request.

 

[Batou1986]

Why are my images being removed from my posts?

because btarunr did something extremely stupid got called out on it and is now trying to put the fire out by deleting his stupid.

 

[OneMoar]

because btarunr did something extremely stupid got called out on it and is now trying to put the fire out by deleting his stupid.

its not like this is the first time hes done this
its become a constant theme with his posts for the last few months
I think hes on drugs or something

 

[Batou1986]

its not like this is the first time hes done this
its become a constant theme with his posts for the last few months
I think hes on drugs or something

Its just another example of his "i read it on Reddit" posts which are always garbage.
Call me old fashioned but I still like to read most of my tech news as opposed to watching it, TPU as a whole should just stick to posting news and press releases and leave the hearsay to Reddit.

 

[vHobowarrior]

But this isn't TPU's post but the forum thread.

it doesn't matter it can be taken as slander which in the US is illegal

 

[SystemMechanic]

If you guys want a real Article, you could make one from the thread I made here: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...er-and-asus-are-silent-about-it.258529/page-4
The thread has so much evidence and posts from users. I have done all the work for you... You just have to publish an article. Or are you afraid of Nvidia not sending you review sample's for showing how they dont care about their Products ?

Its a Laughable problem for a Product that was in development for 3 years by some of the Top PC hardware manufacturing companies. Yet there is no Fix and they are still Blatantly selling these products to the Public.


But Okay TPU, just write some tin foil Article because its the hot top right now...

Seriously what happened to real journalists and journalism …. ?

 

[Fouquin]

Unfortunately, my posts and images are not part of the slander but were used to debunk it in the first place. I am not at all surprised as I have seen TPU's moderators behave in the same manner in the past, remove posts with evidence, and place ban on people just because they feel like it.

We're not going to argue semantics here, those would be decided in court. Since TPU very much does not want to find out what that ruling would be, they are going to play it safe.

 

[vHobowarrior]

Unfortunately, my posts and images are not part of the slander but were used to debunk it in the first place. I am not at all surprised as I have seen TPU's moderators behave in the same manner in the past, remove posts with evidence, and place ban on people just because they feel like it.

If you're are talking about your pictures they are still visible. I can see them perfectly fine.

 

[xkm1948]

#Fire Btarunr

 

[Ferrum Master]

Great. Another yellow press grade article...

 

[W1zzard]

Cleaned up the post some, and added the second paragraph. I'm not sure if we should have posted this story in the first place, without talking to the Reddit poster first. As you all know such a post could have been made by a disgruntled NVIDIA user, or a fanboy from any of the other teams.

Deleting the whole thing now would probably end up drawing even more attention to it and create more drama, not sure how to proceed.

Some minor things I noticed in the Reddit post: confuses Radeon VII with "Vega 7", YouTube capitalized as "Youtube", not sure if that would happen to a pro-level reviewer?

@Romulus2K4 sent you a pm

@mods: please give posters in this thread some leeway, emotions are running high

Edit: I also reached out privately to the poster on Reddit, let's see what he has to say

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

@btarunr thank for the write up. Might I suggest collaboration on future posts like this, with a bit more research harvesting.

 

[Genocide_Jim]

The problem with leaving the article up is that places like Google are still using your original, defamatory thumbnail when delivering your article to readers. I only just found this cluster#$%+ on Google News a few minutes ago.

 

[W1zzard]

The problem with leaving the article up is that places like Google are still using your original, defamatory thumbnail when delivering your article to readers. I only just found this cluster#$%+ on Google News a few minutes ago.

The thumbnail has been updated from our side like 2 hours ago, and I told Facebook to refresh it, no idea how to do the same for Google, it'll update itself I hope

Edit: requested reindex through Google site management tools

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

and hits keep coming...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1187548639893184512

 

[Xzibit]

and hits keep coming...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1187548639893184512

K, now its going to get silly because Youtubers including Pauls Hardware use Reddit as sources sometimes. They are all guilty of it. They insert the Rumor disclaimer but they still use it for clicks/views.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Not directly related to YouTubers, but I can tell you that this is nothing new from Nvidia's side.
Back in the good old days when I was the technical editor of what became a rather large site (and still is), Nvidia's refused to work with us, despite the fact they'd known me and the editor from our previous jobs at a computer magazine. This turned out to be because the PR had been told not to work with us by some other websites.
I also know Nvidia didn't use to work with TPU and it was for no apparent reason.
Admittedly this is many moons ago, but Nvidia's PR people have done dodgy things in the past and I wouldn't put it past them to do it again.

 

[Xzibit]

Paul was being sarcastic. If you came across your own or one of your peer's picture being used in something you have nothing to do or you want nothing to do with, chances are you'd react in the same way too. Whenever YouTubers publish reviews that overly zealous fans don't agree with, the usual accusation of being paid/bought off by the competition takes place and it has come to the point that they are sick and tired of it.

Majority don't know how to handle it either. They are small operations handful of people and just ignore basic consumer guidelines "FCC,FTC" until they get caught. Heck Youtube had to enforce some rules on them. Tech sites do it as well.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Paul was being sarcastic. If you came across your own or one of your peer's picture being used in something you have nothing to do or you want nothing to do with, chances are you'd react in the same way too. Whenever YouTubers publish reviews that overly zealous fans don't agree with, the usual accusation of being paid/bought off by the competition takes place and it has come to the point that they are sick and tired of it.

sarcastic or not, its damaging TPU reputation more than TPU has already done to itself. its the old "kick them while they are down" game that kids play during recess. Some people have higher morals than others and that just shows where Pauly-boy stands with his opinion.

 

[ilyon]

Such a surprise ...

 

[Anymal]

Wtf, no intention to single out youtuber by posting stupid rumor with picture of single youtuber as a example?
Wizz, do not allow to become one of click baiting news site as, no intention to single out any site, Fudzilla.

 

[CrazyUkrainian]

Please don't make assumptions, thank you very much.

These images predate the launch for both RTX Super and AMD's 5700 series of cards, as you can clearly see that the boxes for the RTX FE cards along with a Core i9 9900K and a box for intel's NUC (I think) is visible in the background as a prop and can no way be related to what this whistleblower is "alleging."

Sounds more like to me that these allegations are a fanboy fiction that has been made up to drag nvidia's name through the mud along with reviewers who are producing actual product reviews.

Your responsesounds like one from a real fanboy

 

[mak1skav]

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