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Copy Fail

Rank #41 with 3 captured signals across 2 sources.

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Total score42.0
Movement-2
Momentum+1.9%
First seen29 Apr 2026

About

What is Copy Fail?

Copy Fail is a cooling trend driven by social buzz with 3 signals across 2 sources (strongest on Lobsters).

History

Score trajectory

Score

Component breakdown

Platform intelligence

Source-by-source breakdown

2 sources · 3 signals
community (2)search (1)developer (1)analytics (1)
14.4 pts estimated contribution
671
Hacker News engagement
captured stories
Evidence (1)
Copy Fail – CVE-2026-31431
social · value 671.0 · 29 Apr 2026
Social 8.4 · Diversity 6.0Latest healthy fetch kept 45 of 45 items

Why now

Why is Copy Fail trending?

1
Social signals are leading the move (25.1 score)
2
Cross-source confirmation is present across 2 sources
3
Total score is up 1.9% versus the previous run
4
Discussed on Hacker News“Copy Fail – CVE-2026-31431”
5
Discussed on Lobsters“Copy Fail — 732 Bytes to Root”

Identity

Aliases & duplicates

Tracked aliases
copy fail
Copy Fail

Opportunity

What you can do with it

Rising
Composite32%
Discovery41%
SEO29%
Content42%
Product21%
Investment31%
Limited actionability signals

Prediction

Breakout outlook

Rising · 60% confidenceClimbing ranks (+17.0/run) · Recently emerged (<24h) · High base score (42.0)

Audience

Who and where this seems relevant

DeveloperAudience segment
3 signals
FounderAudience segment
1 signals

Related

Adjacent trends

Geo

Where it is showing up

No location signals yet.