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Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by oger on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:47AM (#35946169)
Remember what they did to Naomi Wu (aka. SexyCyborg / https://www.youtube.com/@Naomi-Wu).

Vice's behaviour was unethical at best and Naomi - who is a wonderful tech content creator - got into significant trouble putting her business at serious risk.

Why would you do that as a "journalist"?

https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-nao...

Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by poppytaker on Monday May 15, 2023 @07:04AM (#35946318)
What a weird plug for Naomi, who for the most part is represented by her partner Timaz. Don't forget they (Naomi and timaz) tried to metoo Ltt.

The journalist you are referring to now works at the verge, fyi

Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by oger on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:50AM (#35949112)
It’s from the time when she was truly annoyed by this episode.
Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by poppytaker on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:58PM (#35952955)
I dislike Sarah jeong but she covered it here https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/981558161566920704?s=1...

If you believe "naomi" then you have been duped by her American husband, timaz.

Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by pimlottc on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:16AM (#35948501)
That's a long read, can you provide a summary? I've never heard about this.
Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by oger on Monday May 15, 2023 @10:49AM (#35949088)
Sorry about your attention span - but the service you requested is not on offer here. You will find other sources when using the search engine of your choice.
Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by nh23423fefe on Monday May 15, 2023 @11:11AM (#35949475)
Saying "remember what they did" is content free. You couldve just said it.
Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by steve_adams_86 on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:29PM (#35950808)
I skimmed it and it seems like Naomi Wu was interviewed by Vice and despite her insisting they leave certain topics alone (which a message evidently showed them agreeing to and reassuring her that her/her relation’s safety and privacy was paramount), they published material that she felt put her at risk and went against the agreement.

As she attempted to bring light to this, Vice lawyers went after her directly. They also had her patreon shut down. With no way to make money with her channel, she had to go back to full time web development as her channel languished, leaving her with no time for projects.

She tried to bring attention to the injustices with Vice staff and the public, but Vice ignored her and made efforts to smother her voice on platforms like Twitter.

Since I can’t read all of it or read both sides, I can’t tell who did what wrong. Some links she added to the post seem fairly damning to Vice, but I could only skim those as well.

Seeing as Vice is going bankrupt and I don’t see a lot of people too upset about it, maybe it’s safe to bank on their journalism not being all that great, and there could be merit to Naomi’s story.

Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by phreack on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:37PM (#35950917)
Apparently, she spent some days with Vice journalists and showed them around for an article, believing due to some documents they'd sent that they would not inquire or publish anything about her personal relationships, and when they were back they started asking about some Reddit theories about her marriage status. She implies that kind of publicity into her private affairs is incredibly dangerous to her life and can't even specify why without exposing herself to that danger, so she immediately attempted to find out and stop what Vice was going to publish without any luck. This snowballed into a long online fight where major name journalists would tweet at her but not reply to her, making her feel desperate and leading to the Medium posts compiling a bit of her story during all this.
Re:Vice files for Bankruptcy by blastersyndrome on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:32PM (#35950852)
I have lost all respect for Naomi after the harassment campaign she staged against Linus Tech Tips. The "Naomi Wu" you see in her YouTube videos and (occasionally) pictures on social media is an avatar for a persona that pedals identity politics talking points in China. There is no evidence that the things she writes on Twitter is actually written by her. Outside of writing an average of 50 tweets a day and regurgitating spec sheets for Chinese "maker" hardware, she has not done a single thing since 2018.