In 2014, the products that were popular for a while but then fell into silence

The Internet in 2014 has never lacked viral content, but in addition to various popular videos, music and online language, there are also many technology products that become popular overnight, and then quickly fade away. Here is a list of the products that have become popular this year.

1. Bitcoin and various virtual currencies

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Bitcoin actually became popular in the second half of 2013, but its popularity has continued into this year, and along with it, altcoins such as Litecoin and Dogecoin have also been hyped up. At its peak, the price of Bitcoin once stood at $1,000, and it was believed that it could one day replace legal tender. But in 2014, we witnessed its decline, mainly due to government suppression, and the collapse of the Mt.Gox trading website was a landmark event.

2. Yo

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Remember Yo? This weird social app only has one function - send Yo to friends, and friends will send Yo back to you. After it first became popular abroad this summer, it also became popular in China. Colleagues and friends Yoed each other and competed to see who got the most Yos. At that time, the article analysis believed that this was the arrival of the era of minimalist social networking, and even believed that Yo could become a billion-dollar platform.

Now Yo is not dead, it has just returned to its weird little circle, from the peak of 100 messages per second in the summer to 15 messages per second. Yo itself is also evolving, adding location sharing and other features.

3. XiaoIce WeChat chatbot

Xiaobing, the artificial intelligence chat robot launched by Microsoft, is positioned as a 16-year-old girl. She first became popular in various WeChat groups as a chat friend. Users can tag her and chat with her, and she will take the initiative to speak to liven up the atmosphere. But later, due to privacy and other reasons, Xiaobing was banned by WeChat and disappeared from the group. Xiaobing now cooperates with Weibo, Mi Chat, JD.com and other parties, and may return to WeChat. Microsoft also gave her a sister - Xiaona.

4. Cute face

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FaceMeng is also a simple app that allows users to create cartoon avatars for themselves. FaceMeng was popular in WeChat Moments for a while, and almost everyone used it to create avatars, and posted them on WeChat Moments. One friend couldn't stand it anymore, and posted on WeChat Moments, "Immediately block anyone who uses FaceMeng as their avatar." You can still see FaceMeng avatars now, but most people have changed them.

5. Secret socializing

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The main feature of this new type of social app is that you can expose secrets anonymously in the circle of friends, speak freely about your own secrets, and comment on other people's secrets without any scruples. After some explosive news was exposed, these apps became popular for a while, and some web applications were derived, such as letting friends anonymously comment on themselves in the circle of friends. There are still such applications now, but not as many as before.

6. Flappy Bird

The funny social network Yo has the funny game Flappy Bird. This game, developed by Vietnamese Nguyen Ha Dong, was once very popular on social networks. It looks simple (it is rare to see such a low-resolution pixel game), but it is difficult to play. Many people were furious after playing it and gave a lot of bad reviews, but they couldn't help playing it. Later, the game developer couldn't stand so much abuse and took the game off the shelves.

summary

Viral communication is a major feature of the Internet era, especially the social network era. Most of the products mentioned above are related to mobile social networks, which also reflects that mobile social networking has begun to become mainstream. These products quickly passed by our field of vision and then left, but there is no need to regret it, this is the Internet, and they will all be a part of Internet history.

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