Have you followed this at all? The man has been in HN threads arguing about posts about himself for months. He's on some kind of scorched earth ego trip.
I think down voting photomatt is immature and unconstructive. Whether you agree or disagree with his opinion, I think his views are quite central to a discussion on what is going on.
Down votes hides posts. I don't understand why so many HN'er wants Matt's comments removed from HN threads about WP.
I don't recall when this adventure started, but going through the Wayback Machine his karma was 1.7k around December 2023[1] and then climbed to 1.8k around September 2024[2] and then just a hair under 2.1k around October 2024[3].
So if anything, it seems his karma increased since the saga began.
It feels like this decade or so is defined by people who just don't know when to fade out and retire with their legacies intact.
Whether it be this guy, elderly politicians, or billionaires with social media addictions, everyone's lives would be far better, including their own, if they simply knew when to stfu and enjoy their success in peace.