Launching a new business or announcing a big idea is always a gamble. As hard as companies try, they can’t always predict exactly how the public will respond. But even when ideas flop, they can never be forgotten…
Redditors have recently been discussing the most hyped up ideas that ended up being huge failures, so we’ve gathered some of their spot-on responses below. From streaming platforms to modes of transportation, have fun taking a scroll through this memory lane of unfortunate ideas, and be sure to upvote the flops you find most amusing!
#1
So far, the Twitter acquisition and rebranding. An exceptionally expensive act of ego.
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#2
NFTs
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#3
I’m showing my age, but the Geraldo Rivera special with Al Capone’s mysterious vault, which turned out to hold—nothing.
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#4
For those old enough to remember: Segway was *MASSIVELY* hyped for months. It was meant to change modern mobility *forever*.
When they finally showed off that goofy thing, it basically became a proto-meme in the early internet era.
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#5
Games of Thrones the final season
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#6
3d Televisions were presented as the next huge thing. There was a massive amount of hype being able to watch 3d movies and games from the comfort of your living room. It flopped when it launched due to the televisions being ridiculously expensive and the technology not being there during the era and being gimmicky once the appeal wore off for the people that bought them.
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#7
2020
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#8
Google Glass was a huge deal when it was announced, and it was a real pioneer in the augmented reality category. It didn’t sell all that well though, probably because it was expensive, around $1,500 if I remember right, and I don’t reckon people found it very fashionable.
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#9
Fyre Festival
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#10
what was that google social media with circles, google plus?
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#11
Target in Canada!
Heard so many people addicted to the store in the US, everyone was excited to have it here, but it flopped, stores opened being half empty, more expensive then the stores they replaced, limited selections… they only lasted a few years
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#12
Area 51 raid
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#13
Curved TVs
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#14
Killer/Africanized Bees. Lots of fear mongering over those in the 80s, over a lot of nothing.
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#15
Metaverse
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#16
Before it became a punchline people were worried that Battlefield Earth would be a dangerously effective recruiting tool for Scientology.
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#17
The American version of “Coupling”, which was being hyped as the next big NBC sitcom after “Friends” went off the air. When cast members were doing interviews to promote it, they were so assured that it would be a success that they were already talking about multiple seasons.
It was cancelled after four episodes.
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#18
Your special uniqueness as a child
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