early adopters
Technology's eager vanguard
Early adopters are people who embrace new technologies, products, or ideas before most others do.
The term comes from marketing theory describing the segment between innovators and the mainstream majority.
Early adopters accept the risks and rough edges of unproven things in exchange for being first: Early adopters snapped up the headset despite its bugs.
The phrase often carries positive connotations of forward-thinking curiosity.
- innovatorsCreators of novel things
- trendsettersThose who initiate popular styles
- groundbreakersInnovators who start trends
- influencersPeople with online sway
- trailblazersThose who open territory
pioneers · visionaries · tech-savvy · beta testers · sneak peek · invite only · curious · adventurous · risk taker · crowdfunding · pathfinders · ahead of the curve · front runners · first movers · evangelists · tech enthusiast · futurists · waitlist
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, forerunners
- trendsetterstrendsetter, trendsetters, influencer, fashionistas, style icons
- early adoptersinnovators, pioneers, trendsetters, beta testers, first movers
- reader segmentscasual readers, baby boomers, boomers, millennials, Gen X
early adopterslaggards
Those who trail behind
latecomers · stragglers · holdouts · Johnny-come-latelies · followers
early adoptersskeptics
Those who doubt claims
technophobes · traditionalists · Luddites · conservatives · fence-sitters
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