Innuendo Studios: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "This Is Phil Fish", commenters repeatedly name it the best explanation of how internet fame, mobs and outrage work, and cite it in threads about harassment and public figures.
- 5 HN recommenders 11 months 2014–2025commentaryCommenters repeatedly name it the best explanation of how internet fame, mobs and outrage work, and cite it in threads about harassment and public figures.
- 7 HN recommenders 7 months 2015–2022commentaryHN recommends the series as a nuanced analysis of online harassment, defensiveness, and gaming culture conflict.
- 4 HN recommenders 3 months 2017–2025commentaryHN recommends the series for explaining the tactics and mentality of bad-faith online arguments.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2020–2026explainerHN commenters cite it in moderation and politics threads as a clear account of why hard rules fail against dogwhistles and how isolated people get recruited.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2019–2025commentaryCited as a thoughtful video essay and for its model of in-group hierarchy in political threads.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2020–2022commentaryRecommended as a primer on recognising trolling and dog-whistle tactics in online discussion.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2025commentaryHN commenters recommend the series for understanding bad-faith 'just kidding' dynamics and trolling online.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2021–2025commentaryReferenced to describe an argument style that rejects incremental improvements, and in discussions of differing liberal and conservative views of society.
- cited 6× 0 months 2019–2024commentaryHN cites it when arguing that debating bad-faith arguers hands them the framing and exposure.
Questions
Which Innuendo Studios video does Hacker News recommend most?
This Is Phil Fish: recommended in 11 different months by 5 HN users between 2014 and 2025.
Is this every Innuendo Studios 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.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.