IRS & DMV are very US-specific (I do happen to know what they mean, but I'd venture many non-Americans wouldn't). I have no idea what MLB means...
(looked it up - if it's referring to baseball, well then, again, somewhat US-centric. Though I am surprised I've never heard it called that, vs, say, NBA, which long ago gained international recognition.)
It's not like the article dives into terms like SE, ICP, AE, CSM, or anything like that.
"Non-trivial consequences," lol, cracks me up. Won't anyone think of all the lost productivity?
I replied to someone talking about not spelling out acronyms by talking more about not spelling out acronyms.
I don't know much more on topic I could possibly be.
Sorry if I offended I guess? I'll try not to discuss things as much on this discussion board.
I'm in a meeting right now :-)
It's used in mainstream television advertisements like the FOMOH ads by the NHL (fear of missing out on hockey).
FOMO is probably as well-known as other acronyms that aren't explained every time they come up: IRS, LGBT, DMV, MLB, NYC, etc.
And, really, if you don't know it, you just do this:
CTRL+T define:FOMO ENTER
I mean, we're already in a web browser...
But here we go, now we're deep in an HN thread about something so incredibly trivial – it really is true that our day jobs are bullshit if we've got this much time to kill on this kind of discussion. (I'm unemployed, what's the rest of y'all's excuse?)