Archive - Matt

Your Phone Knows You Better Than Your Friends Do

Why perfect relevance might be the loneliest thing on your phone

Mar 26 • Matt @ 142

I Deleted 400+ Contacts and Nobody Noticed

600 contacts. 1,391 followers. I deleted most of them. Nobody noticed.

Mar 12 • Matt @ 142

February 2026

The opinion I thought was mine

How the algorithm became the author of my opinions

Feb 26 • Matt @ 142

I Spent 30 Days a Year on Social Media. I Never Posted a Thing.

I scrolled for 30 days a year and connected with no one. So I started building something different.

Feb 12 • Matt @ 142

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