Hype Cycle Fatigue

Commenters discuss how novelty, excitement, or outrage surrounding technologies, practices, or companies eventually wears off, leading to disenchantment, forgetting, and repeating cycles unless disrupted by consequences.

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MPEG4 OK US e.g eventually vicious tired cycle novelty fingers return behavior wear initially

Sample Comments

nonines May 27, 2020 View on HN

That's the good scenario but after so many times one starts to wonder.

dylan604 Jun 17, 2024 View on HN

eventually, the novelty will wear off.

SoftTalker Nov 20, 2024 View on HN

Until users get disenchanted with it and move to the next thing....

joules77 Jul 27, 2025 View on HN

Good news, people will get tired of them faster too.

anm89 Feb 9, 2022 View on HN

Things go in cycles. It won't be this way forever. It may not change until it doesn't matter for you and I though.

titzer Jan 7, 2021 View on HN

Until there are actual consequences, people will just keep trying.

bifrost Oct 11, 2019 View on HN

That probably will eventually be what most people do if they keep running into this.

Andrew_nenakhov Jun 28, 2020 View on HN

Only until they inevitably turn it off

Sammi Sep 16, 2025 View on HN

People change their minds once they get used to something. There's reason to have patience.

lionkor Dec 5, 2025 View on HN

Wishful thinking? Maybe they are tired of all this and want to make something good again, and so the cycle continues.