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OP: I'm talking about hype cycles on topics such as: Bots, AI, or if your memory serves: Google Glass, Pokemon-Go, Chat Roulette etc. Many of these topics
by marojejian 9y ago
OP: I'm talking about hype cycles on topics such as: Bots, AI, or if your memory serves: Google Glass, Pokemon-Go, Chat Roulette etc.
Many of these topics had real events behind them, but then they dominate & persist in news circles (esp tech) for a long time.
Is this because:
1) Readers are more interested in these topics (even after a while) & thus such news outperforms financially
or
2) They randomly get above a threshold, then the new outlets follow each other, and then readers feel they need to keep reading these stories, to keep in the loop.
3) Other