Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back again

Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by chongli on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @11:45PM (#14699854)

It's fine to say that, but this phenomenon is even older than the Internet. Think of the hip bar that gains a sudden influx of customers following a New York Times story. Yogi Berra remarked on this phenomenon with one of his famous quotes "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded!"

Another idea related to the general phenomenon is gentrification: the cool artist colony suddenly overwhelmed with yuppies who drive up the rent, forcing the artists to move out.

Is there not a general term for this whole phenomenon?

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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by phillc73 on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @01:52AM (#14700202)

I call it wankerisation. That is, a place, location or destination has become overwhelmed with wankers.

"I don't go to that bar anymore, it's too wankerised."

"I don't visit Facebook anymore, it's become wankerised."

"The neighbourhood is too wankerised, I can't afford to live there."

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Re:Stopping the Internet of Noise – A useful internet back a... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @04:17AM (#14700704)

For communities and interests, I usually call it simply "getting mainstream", and the invaders "general population".

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