The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. The hype generated by r/wallstreetbets helped create what’s known as a “short squeeze” on GameStop’s stock.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

But since then it has quietly picked up some interesting customers, including Reddit, Yubo, Chatroulette, Omegle and Tango, along with NBCUniversal, Interpublic Group, Walmart, Visa, Anheuser-Busch InBev and more. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. opens in a new window) license.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We dont have digital data for a lot of human intelligence, because people werent valuing the people who produce those books, or the people who produce that artit didnt get digitized, didnt get celebrated, didnt receive comments on Reddit or Facebook. What are the five biggest problems that we need to make progress on rapidly?

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

First, there’s the hype factor. Indeed, the wild-eyed boosterism got so intense that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman even stepped in earlier this month to tone things down, saying: “The GPT-3 hype is way too much.”. The GPT-3 hype is way too much. Is it code that will create more problems for human developers further down the line?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The problem isn’t a new one: people either intentionally or inadvertently spoiling major twists and turns in big films or TV shows is inherent to the idea of surprise reveals in media. And it’s only grown as Twitter (and to a larger extent, the entire internet) has been around and entwined with the hype cycles of these movies.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2021

His show has declined as a hype vehicle for guests, and Rogan’s presence as a mainstay in the news has plummeted. Maybe it’s a me problem?”. In April , it said Rogan’s show had “performed above expectations” in regards to adding new users to the platform and engagement. I just haven’t been able to do that as much with Spotify.

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2020

The game is a PC VR staple, having first come out in Early Access in 2006, soon after the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets kicked off the first round of VR hype. The developer apologized on Reddit and pledged to improve the PC version in future updates. As VR experiences go, it’s pretty intense.

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