Benn Jordan: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™", hN points to it in Atmos and spatial audio threads as a knowledgeable critique of why the format rarely delivers.
- explainer recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users, 2023–2024HN points to it in Atmos and spatial audio threads as a knowledgeable critique of why the format rarely delivers.
- commentary recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2023–2024Commenters recommend it as an artist's informed explanation of streaming economics and why Spotify pays so little compared with alternatives like Bandcamp.
- explainer recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2025–2026HN fans point to it as a fun, nerdy crossover of bird song acoustics and technology, and the story itself got its own thread.
- commentary recommended in 2 different months by 3 HN users, 2024–2025HN commenters cite it in threads about X, Bluesky and online manipulation as evidence that bots and propaganda are real.
- explainer recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users, 2025–2026HN points to it in AI music and data-poisoning threads as the source for this technique.
- commentary cited on HN 6 times, 2019–2025Cited as the source for claims that PVC records outgas harmful compounds, usually in vinyl revival threads.
- commentary cited on HN 3 times, 2024–2025HN cites it as a firsthand example of artists losing catalogs with no recourse and of the middlemen in music streaming.
Questions
Which Benn Jordan video does Hacker News recommend most?
Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™: recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users between 2023 and 2024.
Is this every Benn Jordan video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.