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Is there a name for this "feeling"? I feel this way about a lot of things that get "popular". I feel this way about React, in fact. React is "good" but I don't see it as our end-all be-all front-end savior. Vue.js is a lot more interesting to me because it's not popular...because it's the underdog.

This Cracked article gave me a bit of consolation: http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-it-sucks-to-hate-popul...

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Is there a name for this "feeling"?

Hipster - Google definition:

a person who follows the latest trends and fashions, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream.

So I guess a framework hipster?

Sure popularity ruins many things. Music, movies, books, software libraries.

However, you don't have to use React. React is a set of concepts. I personally really enjoy programming with those concepts (I just wish it wasn't JS). If you don't want to use Facebook's implementation, there are many other implementations.

> I just wish it wasn't JS.

Try Clojurescript. It is truly amazing.

As long as you can stand Lisps.

If somebody can stand JavaScript, that somebody can stand anything :)

> Is there a name for this "feeling"

I think most people who constantly got this feeling simply didn't outgrow puberty. They just HAVE TO use something different.

But it's okay to look into things and check if they fit you, don't just drink the kool aid. The problem is to have this feeling before testing these things.

Oh I am the same way in a lot of things, maybe that's why I assumed it was what he was doing :P

Maybe it's just harder to choose a popular option without being seen as jumping on the bandwagon.

Contrarian? Skeptic?

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