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Katherine Dee

Personal blog · default.blogculturephilosophy

Katherine Dee's personal blog at default.blog covers culture and philosophy. Since 2023, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “The Nihilism of the Mass Shooter”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
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2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2024

An emotional scrapbook of the Internet. Click to read default.blog, by Katherine Dee, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Nihilism of the Mass Shooter
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-08-28
  2. People who identify as fictional characters are increasingly more common
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-12-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. embeng4096 · 2026-03-17
    I'd recommend Katherine Dee's Substack, Default Friend, for a more in-depth look at this type of thing. The NYT op-ed dips into the usual tropes of the attention economy, true crime, copycat behavior, viral memes and social media algorithms, calls to safeguard the algorithms and AI. Dee's article "The Nihilism of the Mass Shooter" (written in 2022, even) ( https://default.blog/p/the-nihilism-of-the-mass-shooter ) pr…

    Comment linking /p/the-nihilism-of-the-mass-shooter

    on “We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online”
  2. greenie_beans · 2025-06-15

    Submitted Let's Talk About ChatGPT-Induced Spiritual Psychosis as a story · 95 points

    HN discussion
  3. rolph · 2023-09-06
    Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25522518 [2020] https://default.blog/p/heaven-banned-for-your-terrible-headc... [2022] [Blog]

    Comment linking /p/heaven-banned-for-your-terrible-headcanon

    on “I Made a Bot That “Heaven Bans” Twitter (X.com) Users [video]”
  4. starkparker · 2025-05-18

    Submitted An Efilist Just Bombed a Fertility Clinic. Was This Bound to Happen? as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  5. default_friend · 2024-01-18

    Submitted Everyone always talks about AI girlfriends. What about AI boyfriends? as a story · 35 points

    HN discussion
  6. jger15 · 2026-08-22

    Submitted Logging Back into Facebook as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. gerad_todd · 2025-08-22

    Submitted The Anti-Smartphone Brigade Is a Grift as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. exolymph · 2025-08-13

    Submitted The Tulpa in Your Pocket as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. exolymph · 2025-07-31

    Submitted You're Never Going to Be Original (and Neither Am I) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. exolymph · 2024-07-31

    Submitted Gore Videos and Camaraderie Among Young Men as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. default_friend · 2024-01-05

    Submitted People who identify as fictional characters are increasingly more common as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. exolymph · 2024-12-05

    Submitted Dad's on the DLL as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. jger15 · 2024-11-01

    Submitted I Hate You, Please Stan Me as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. default_friend · 2024-02-10

    Submitted "Fake" vs. "Real" Isn't a Useful Distinction with Emergent Mental Health Issues as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Chris_arnade · 2023-12-24

    Submitted Can You Identify as an Orc? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. default_friend · 2023-12-23

    Submitted Culture War Predictions for 2024 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. telotortium · 2023-08-28

    Submitted The Nihilism of the Mass Shooter as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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