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World of Matthew is a personal blog at worldofmatthew.com about culture and web. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 49 times, most often “Using platforms encourages internet censorship”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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49mentions?
7HN people?
2019–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2026

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in HN threads on favourite RSS feeds, where commenters list other feeds (retro game hardware, Japanese game developer interviews, legal news). No comment discusses this blog's own posts.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

World of Matthew is a personal website, like few others. Not just a blog but also provides reviews and video content

Most-linked posts?

  1. Using platforms encourages internet censorship
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-31
  2. The Irrevocable SSL Certificates of Cloudflare
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-01-20
  3. /index.xml
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-06
  4. The M247/DataPacket Problem with Mullvad VPN
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-07-22
  5. Enable JavaScript to View This Image
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-08

What Hacker News says?

  1. I have a long list, so I'll choose a few personal favorites that may be of interest to HN readers: https://nicole.express/feed.xml (tinkering with old games and game hardware) https://shumplations.com/feed (translations of Japanese game developer interviews) https://www.loc.gov/collections/global-legal-monitor/?fo=rss (summaries of legal news from around the world) https://reason.com/people/josh-blackman/feed (legal…

    Comment linking /index.xml

    on “Ask HN: What are your favorite RSS feeds?”
  2. Submitted The deception of “buying” digital movies as a story · 601 points

    HN discussion
  3. blah alot of yours are ai and javascript stuffs.. i love rss and i mainly use it to stay up to date on sysadmin stuff.. https://hnrss.org/frontpage https://news.ycombinator.com/showrss https://hnrss.org/ask https://hnrss.org/polls https://www.reddit.com/r/technology+SCCM+DNS+virtualization+... http://decentsecurity.com/blog?format=RSS https://coffee-and-dreams.uk/feed.xml https://derflounder.wordpress.com/feed/ http…

    Comment linking /index.xml

    on “Ask HN: Show me your RSS feed subscriptions”
  4. Submitted The German Problem with Tor as a story · 144 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Irrevocable SSL Certificates of Cloudflare as a story · 104 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted What even is 'adult' content? [NSFW] as a story · 91 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The M247/DataPacket Problem with Mullvad VPN as a story · 75 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly as a story · 40 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Irrevocable SSL Certificates of Cloudflare as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted My BC-250 Journey (With 40 CUs Unlocked) as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Avoid using OVH, Hetzner or Scaleway for your Tor relay as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Why are there so many Ponzi schemes in cryptocurrencies? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted 11 Years of World of Matthew as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted What Is the "End Stage" for a Blog or Personal Website? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted 8 Years and Counting as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Using platforms encourages internet censorship as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Using platforms encourages internet censorship as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Enable JavaScript to View This Image as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Ultra Cheap VPS Hosts for Tor Bridges as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Trustpilot. A Tech Support Scammers Best Friend as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Acuta Technologies: Tech Support Scammers Who Pretend to Be Visa as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Budget LTE Home Network as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted The AAC Revolution as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Hockey Puck Mouse = Awful as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted On Privacy Memes as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted The Internet has become Stale as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted The Anti-Competitive Practices of Google Bard as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. Submitted What comes next for websites, after the effective 'death of Google' as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted The M247/DataPacket Problem with Mullvad VPN as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Enable JavaScript to View This Image as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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