Fanaticism is a belief/behavior involving uncritical zeal or with an obsessive enthusiasm, usually without probable cause. The Cycle Fanaticism Period was a brief period within the Repl Talk Spam Age, in which low-quality posts, cycle specials, and spam posts started to rise in popularity, and were gaining an absurd number of cycles. The lower Repl Talk community became fanaticized with cycles, seemingly oblivious to their worthlessness. During this time many prominent and respectable members of the Repl Talk made posts on both the share and ask board, complaining and protesting the rise in low-quality posts, and calling out users like Bookie0 and DannyIsCoding for their contribution to the problem. This all came to a head with sugarfi's now-infamous post, "Please Stop with the Cycle Fanaticism" in which he proclaimed that cycles were useless internet points and that Repl Talk was a place to share and come together about programming projects, not cycle specials. This post unironically garnered more than 60 upvotes before getting locked. The most controversial point that came from this post was amasad confirming to Bookie0 that cycle specials and his infamous catchphrase, "upvote is caring" were A-OK on ReplTalk. While this would mark the end of the Cycle Fanaticism Period, the Repl Talk Spam Age continues.