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by celdon25 1607 days ago
I feel like this article itself is overhyped. I don't really see anything ground-breaking here, and the author doesn't really elaborate on why the examples fit into the arbitrary categories given.

> This categorization is intended to help people better understand which form of hype they‘re confronted with.

> I hope this categorization is helpful for you to understand which form of hype you‘re confronted with.

But to what end? No mention of what you can actually do with this information. I guess it's useful if you want to try to sound like the smartest person in the room when explaining it to average people who only dabble in keeping up with tech trends. They probably won't question you. The fact that the draft image went viral on Twitter is case in point.

I'd even venture to say that this probably deserves a flag.