I remember when I posted the item below (about two years ago). It was cute then, not so much now. I don't think the meet ups we are seeing today are "planned" per se. I just think a couple of people get a text about something about to go down and they continue to forward to their friends, before they know it - it's a whole crowd of people - a mob. A whole bunch of folks with nothing better to do. You know what they say, "The idle mind is the playground for the devil."
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Has the flashmob phenomenon hit Peoria?
Sitting at Granny's listening to her scanner, I often hear about large crowds gathering all of sudden and fights breaking out. I sometimes think that these large crowds may be flashmobs. What is a flashmob? From Wikipedia:
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Has the flashmob phenomenon hit Peoria?
Sitting at Granny's listening to her scanner, I often hear about large crowds gathering all of sudden and fights breaking out. I sometimes think that these large crowds may be flashmobs. What is a flashmob? From Wikipedia:
A flash mob (or flashmob) is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only to gatherings organized via social media or viral emails, rather than those organized by public relations firms or for a publicity stunt.If you think about it, the ability to organize flashmobs would also be effective for gang activity. Could this be what is happening in our fair City - flashmobs with "thug pants" instead of gold lame Hammer pants?
Organizing a "flash mob" basically involves e-mailing a bunch of people with instructions to show up at a certain place for a few moments, then disappear. Flashmobs are mainly used by guerrilla marketers.