[HN Gopher] Lessons from 20 years of hype cycles (2016)
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       Lessons from 20 years of hype cycles (2016)
        
       Author : shandor
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-07-04 16:06 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | wolverine876 wrote:
       | It's a very interesting question, but I wonder about some of the
       | understanding of specific technologies:
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       | > it's true that many of the Hype Cycle's one hit wonders survive
       | today, enjoying minor success or mindshare: Crowdsourcing - 2013,
       | HTML5 - 2012, BYOD - 2012, Podcasting -2005
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       | Those technologies have only "minor success or mindshare"? I'd
       | say they have overwhelming success and they're now embedded in
       | the (computer) culture. The article uses Wikipedia links.
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       | > technologies that seem as poorly considered as parachute pants
       | or perms. Just some of the one-hit wonders: ... Folksonomies
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       | Isn't #tagging either folksonomy renamed or a direct descendant?
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       | > Mesh Networks
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       | Aren't those in the 'Emergence' category right now, being
       | explored and developed by hackers and some businesses?
        
         | wongarsu wrote:
         | Mesh networks were for the longest time an interesting solution
         | in search for a problem. The best use case used to be city-wide
         | wifi networks, like the German Freifunk [1]. But now IoT brings
         | a compelling commercial use case, which is why you now hear
         | about e.g. Zigbee (which is also 20 years old)
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         | 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk
        
         | brailsafe wrote:
         | Parachute pants and perms are peak fashion right now
        
       | smitty1e wrote:
       | Question: if the really good ideas sell themselves (e.g. JSON as
       | a data format), then does the presence of a Hype Cycle count
       | against the goodness of an idea?
        
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