Shiny Object Syndrome

This is just a rebranding of novelty bias to make it seem like a new idea

"Shiny object syndrome is the situation ..."

'The situation'? Can't help but feel this is very imprecise and unserious language.

I call it Toddler Soccer Syndrome. Ball's over there? Let's all chase it. Oh, moved over here now? Everyone run the other way.

The earliest reference on Wikipedia is 2011, but I was saying "Shiny Object Syndrome" and even specifically abbreviating it "SOS" by at least 2005.

I know that I first heard it from somewhere else, but I do not remember where. I'm pretty sure it was a TV show.

Does any one remember where it originated from?

They're just letting anyone make a Wikipedia page these days huh

If anything, there's so much new stuff these days that I don't even get the FOMO to try it all.. building it myself is easy too.

Why is such a small article being upvoted? It's basically just a definition page.

In boardgame communities, it’s called “Cult of the New”.

I wonder if this has any relevance at all to a bunch of new stuff that people on HN seem very obsessed over these days.

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An aspect of this I find interesting is that previously effort was a reasonably good barrier to making something new. If a feature/library existed someone cared enough to put the work in to make it exist.

Now it’s just a question of tokens. The presentation/feature list is no sign of effort or caring. So we get limitless new shiny things to try and filter through