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Matthew Ebel
Personal blog · matthewebel.comculturewriting
Matthew Ebel's personal blog at matthewebel.com covers culture and writing. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this musician's post on Spotify royalties, cited as a source for the claim that artist payouts are very low. The only comment links it as supporting evidence, not as praise.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Here's a link from the OP saying Spotify royalties really are as bad as he's saying: http://matthewebel.com/2011/07/20/spotify-let-the-money-pour...
Comment linking /2011/07/20/spotify-let-the-money-pour-in/
on “Music artist: "Why I prefer piracy to Spotify"”Submitted I Want My Effing James Bond Back as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Open Letter to CD Baby, Amazon, and Pandora as a story · 2 points
HN discussion