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		cdolan92 on May 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MediaGoblin – Self Hosted, Decentralized Alt to Y... This may be off topic, but does anyone think that there is a correlation between pop culture (Silicon Valley's Pied Piper this season) and services like this springing up/getting more attention than normal?

somedumbguy22 on May 25, 2017 | [–]

I thought about this too, but it could just be something similar to blue car syndrome[1], where I'm just noticing it now because of silicon valley.

[1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153166/what-is-t...

cubano on May 25, 2017 | [–]

It would be pretty silly to think this a coincidence and of course <pop>culture drives all sorts of behaviors.

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