Webworm
webworm.co · Group blog · on HN since 2021
Webworm is David Farrier's newsletter on conspiracy theories, internet oddities, online culture and corporate behavior.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend it, and link its Glassdoor post as a reason to delete your account and its coverage of Substack and fake news.
15HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Glassdoor not so anonymous2 people · 1.1K points · first shared 2022 · 479 comments on HN
- 2A fun roundup of modern conspiracy theories: Laugh, cry, wonder at it all1 people · 15 points · first shared 2022 · 6 comments on HN
- 3Silicon Valley Has a God Problem1 people · 11 points · first shared 2025 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Conspiracy Theorists Are Now Making Deepfakes1 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · 2 comments on HN
- 5While You Shop, They Watch1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 6The Curious Case of the Pearl Jam Posters1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 7Bill Gates on Being Conspiracy's #1 Bad Guy1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Never Engage with Toddlers Online1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 9Running a fake disinformation Facebook page1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 10The Cult of Self-Improvement1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 11Would you cheat to get home to New Zealand?1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 12Badnews1 people · first shared 2025
- 13Fakenews21 people · first shared 2022
- 14Webwormisleavingsubstack1 people · first shared 2025
- 15Homepage1 people · first shared 2022
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Mandatum · 2022-03-10
Oh also Webworm by David Farrier is really good too https://www.webworm.co/
Better for international audiences, if you like Dax Shepard's podcast with him, you'll love his Webworm content.
pryce · 2025-09-24
Might be the allegations such as those made by David Farrier this August[1]
> Then, last month, Substack sent out a push notification to some users of the Substack app encouraging them to subscribe to a Nazi newsletter. Like, full-Nazi stuff. Not subtle:
followed by a screenshot of a Substack profile full of swastikas describing itself as news for the "National Socialist and White Nationalist Community"
[1] https://www.webworm.co/webwormisleavingsubstack/
Lerc · 2025-07-17
As a New Zealander, I was most surprised to learn we had a daily telegraph.
Looks like webworm has covered them
https://www.webworm.co/p/badnews
maximinus_thrax · 2024-03-20
This https://www.webworm.co/p/glassdoor should have convinced anyone to go ahead and delete all their data and account from Glassdoor.
lostlogin · 2022-12-03
There is evidence of funding coming in for some radical right groups. I’m not sure an instant dismissal is possible order, but the OP giving a link or two would have been helpful.
This is what came to mind for me:
https://www.webworm.co/p/fakenews2