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Jun 21, 2026 · Industry Insights

The Four‑Step Hype Cycle That Turns an Overnight Sensation Like OpenClaw Into Obscurity

The article dissects the four‑stage hype cycle of tech products—real launch, KOL amplification, explosive search spikes with forked copies, and rapid decline—using the open‑source tool OpenClaw as a case study and offering four concrete signals to spot the pattern early.