Benn Jordan YouTube channel
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Recommended for high-quality, engaging videos on technical and surveillance topics, including Flock cameras and infrasound. Caveat: critics say some videos contain mistakes and misleading demonstrations.
Recommended for high-quality, engaging videos on technical and surveillance topics, including Flock cameras and infrasound. Caveat: critics say some videos contain mistakes and misleading demonstrations.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Engaging, high-quality content
“his YouTube content is fire. I happen to be in the intersection of things that he likes to think about”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]” “I love and support Benn Jordan.”
Comment from 22 Dec 2025 in “Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves” “His content is really good.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Benn Jordan’s flock camera jammer will send you to jail in Florida now [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Misleading sample-rate demonstrations
“speeding up the sample rate to demonstrate frequency effects is just wrong”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New Data Centers”
Other YouTube channels people recommend
The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| 3Blue1Brown | 96 | 4 | 96% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Veritasium | 44 | 12 | 79% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Benn Jordan YouTube channelThis page | 12 | 2 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I would be wary of Benn Jordan's videos. They are full of mistakes and misrepresentations”
“speeding up the sample rate to demonstrate frequency effects is just wrong”
“it's really worth watching Benn Jordan's video on infrasound”
“It's the only channel I subscribe to knowing full well every video is going to infuriate me.”
“he has deep technical insight and is a good communicator”
“He has demonstrated a great balanced view on how to sell your soul for advertisement money in YouTube land.”
“I love and support Benn Jordan.”
“he was the influence that ultimately broke my Youtube addiction”
“His content is really good.”
“his YouTube content is fire. I happen to be in the intersection of things that he likes to think about”
“he has a couple of videos covering flock cameras”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.