[eeZah7Ux]

People were following the hype and cargo-culting Java, XML, Visual Basic in similar ways.

Yet I really feel that the echo chamber effect is stronger now. People seem to need something to be hyped and polarized about.

Nuanced conversation becomes more difficult as the hyped crowd overwhelms any conversation.

[pjmlp]

We were discussing VB and Java on early days of Web, places like Compserve, BBSs or plain magazines reader letters.