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fs111 · 2020-07-30 11:34:07+00:00

You have to jump on the hype train to get all that juicy traffic to your "think pieces"

wutwutwutwut | karma 532 | avg karma 2.24 · | 2022-07-21 02:56:04

Sure. But would you refer to that as the "hype train"?

dartos | karma 2394 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2024-03-27 18:45:41

Hype trains are genuine interest. Short lived or not.

Getting attention isn’t anything to feel bad about.

If you’re lying in your marketing material, feel bad. If not, just build what you want and let the chips fall.

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Sebb767 | karma 7572 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2022-01-23 21:15:23

On the other hand, jumping aboard the hype train can be a good way to make some money without much skill. Might not be as fulfilling work, but it shouldn't be discounted.

encryptluks2 | karma 1594 | avg karma 0.49 · | 2022-11-29 07:50:29

This 100%. Some people are really productive on the hype train though, but most of them are careless.

catdog | karma 669 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2017-09-22 19:58:36+00:00

After some time you realize: The hype train is traveling in a circle.

yardstick | karma 1922 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2023-11-10 16:16:46

It’s a hype building exercise.

npopat12 | karma 10 | avg karma 0.67 · | 2021-03-15 21:39:56

Hype train.

GoblinSlayer | karma 1313 | avg karma 0.44 · | 2022-09-16 15:20:16

The reason for hype is attention economy and aggressive marketing.

dim13 | karma 353 | avg karma 7.67 · | 2021-10-10 16:24:30

All 7 ways boil down to "hype", as hard as you can.

lesingerouge | karma 143 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2015-01-10 20:12:24+00:00

Through some very strange twists of fate it seems to me that bot programming and starting a business ended up being "fashionable" things to do. And obviously as all fashionable things there's quite a lot of people that want to ride the hype train.

Statistics tell us that there will always be a certain percentage that are on the train just for the hype.

My 2 cents: getting on the train just for the hype is a clear indicator that you do not have a very good knowledge of yourself. Internal, time-tested, hard-earned kind of knowledge.

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al_borland | karma 4530 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2022-06-12 19:07:55

They can't keep the artificial hype train going forever.

mortallywounded | karma 498 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2023-10-23 06:10:54

"Just use whatever the hype train is going on about today, and change every six weeks."

stephengillie | karma 8873 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2017-10-12 17:52:57+00:00

All aboard the hype train.

lomnakkus | karma 2152 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2017-09-07 01:22:27

I can't but think that this is such a "Hype Train" thing.

hermitcrab | karma 4098 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2024-03-14 08:18:22

Hype=clicks, clicks=profit.

hacker_9 | karma 3213 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2017-07-14 14:02:54+00:00

Indeed, the hype train is always miles ahead of reality.

brett | karma 3182 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2007-06-22 03:00:30+00:00

I'm not sure what to make of all the "we are going to be high traffic stuff". A bunch of hype probably inspires you to deliver a little more, but beyond that it seems pretty risky. I for one am more apt to look for flaws if you've hyped yourself too much where I would have been inclined to look for strengths otherwise.

whateveracct | karma 5466 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2021-01-28 19:51:46+00:00

nothing like being disingenuous to ride the hype train

PaulHoule | karma 78160 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2023-09-28 09:25:12

You gotta ride another hype train for a while

https://www.constructconnect.com/blog/construction-robotics

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