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I don't know - in 2003 we have learned that flashmobs are possible - eighteen years later we see flashmobs in politics (Capitol Riots) and financial markets. Th
by zby 6y ago
I don't know - in 2003 we have learned that flashmobs are possible - eighteen years later we see flashmobs in politics (Capitol Riots) and financial markets. They are still funny and entertaining - but now they are disrupting more than a retail store for a few minutes.
- kingTug 6y agoIs it really a “flash” mob if it’s planned months in advance from people organizing publically on Facebook or Reddit?
- dexen 6y agoYes, very much so - long, gradual built-up of momentum by interested parties is typical to grassroots movements. It happens slowly - and then all at once.
- superkuh 6y agoIt's more like a "stand alone complex" from the Ghost in the Shell entertainment series. >"a stand alone complex is multiple copies of a behavior, object, view, ect, existing without an original." It doesn't imply there wasn't an original, but usually that original was just the seed crystal for the behavior.
- pjc50 6y agoYes, or Baudrillard's "simulacra".
- xboxnolifes 6y agoThe "flash" part of flash mob describes the execution of the mob, not the planning. It could be planned years in advanced and still be a flash mob if their audience didn't expect it.
- snidane 6y agoIt seems that the flash mob just needs to achieve critical mass and then momentum traders and sentiment driven algos will pick up on the sudden trend and bubble it up out of proportions.