Memetic Lifecycles

[jducoeur]

Hypothesis: the faster a cultural phenomenon takes off and the bigger it gets, the faster it will peak and then fade into being a niche thing. Fifteen minutes of fame can, sometimes, be fifteen seconds.

I've had this theory in the back of my mind for a long time, but Pokemon Go looks like it'll make a *lovely* data point to examine...

Comments

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I just got a text from Verizon that I was near my data cap for the month. I figure lots of people are going to more expensive plans now.

Also, I predict a spike in portable battery sales.

[cigfran-cg.livejournal.com]

Word I've been hearing is that PoGo is actually fairly easy on data consumption, but hellish on batteries

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Further investigation shows that something is wrong with my phone, causing some other app to coincidentally eat all my data :-( PoGo does use more data than I normally do, but shouldn't force me to upgrade my plan.

Battery usage is quite heavy, a full phone charge lasts less than 3 hours. Luckily, most days my errands are shorter than that :-)