Talk:Fear of missing out/Archives/2018

History section
Hi, According to history section of the value, the term "FoMO" was coined by Author Patrick J. McGinnis. But if to be accurate, the trem "FoMO" was coined by Dan Herman, a marketing strategist, in 2000. Patrick J. McGinnis discussed this phenomenon in 2004. Can I edit the History section accordingly?

Here are some references which support these events:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/mind-healing-conquer-fomo-fear-missing/ http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/07/29/fomo-history/ http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2016/31288/operation-fomo-three-ways-to-turn-customer-envy-into-engagement

Shon476 (talk) 15:43, 14 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I think that is fine; because I've written a paper about FOMO, I abstain from editing this article directly. I would be clear that he was the first to use the term, but there is not evidence that is where McGinnis got it from. -Reagle (talk) 15:50, 14 August 2017 (UTC)


 * According to your article and the sources I've mentioned above, Herman was indeed the first to coin the term "FoMO". For my opinion, in a history section which include a cronological review, that fact should be recognized... Shon476 (talk) 16:33, 14 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, that is fine, please do so. -Reagle (talk) 15:40, 15 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I've added this information to the History Section Shon476 (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Shon476, I suggest making it clear that Herman appears to have used the notion of "FoMO" in 2000, but did not use the term "FoMO" until 2002. I think my paper is a superior source to the others, because I actually read the original reports---but I might be biased! -Reagle (talk) 12:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Is the following description adequate? The Fear of Missing Out phenomenon was first identified in 1996 by Dr. Dan Herman, a marketing strategist, which researched it and published the first academic paper on the topic in the year 2000 in The Journal of Brand Management. Apparently, he used the acronym "FoMO" for the first time in 2002. The outbreak of the term occurred in 2004, after Author Patrick J. McGinnis published an op-ed in The Harbus, the magazine of Harvard Business School. Shon476 (talk) 21:40, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Stefan (talk) 11:46, 31 May 2018 (UTC)scribas:

FoMO vs FOMO
Can someone please cite any WP style rule that says we are supposed to lowercase the first "O" in this acronym? Everything I can find on this subject says the article should be written using the all caps "FOMO". According to Manual of Style/Capital letters: "On Wikipedia, most acronyms are written in all capital letters (such as NATO, BBC, and JPEG). Wikipedia does not follow the practice of distinguishing between acronyms and initialisms." Additionally I have done a rather exhaustive web search for use of the acronym and I cannot find *ANY* usage with the spelling "FoMO" except on Wikipedia. Based on this I am going to FIXIT and edit all of the article to use the conventional spelling with all caps. 172.88.134.103 (talk) 16:58, 28 June 2018 (UTC)