Corrupting the flash crowd phenomenon

[elfs]

Oh, great Cthulhu. Not only has the cynicism reached new heights, but it has reached new depths as well. Turn Flash Mobs into Flash Customers is an article about harnessing the "Flash Mob" phenomenon to drive flash mobs to your brick and mortar store, under the guise of doing something flash-mobby like, in the hopes that some of the poor schmoes who show up will actually buy something.

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Niven's Flashcrowds

[(Anonymous)]

Has anyone else read enough Larry Niven to automatically think of the flashcrowds from Tales of Known Space? The last pickpocket club and the floating riot gang? If teleportation ever becomes a reality, then these web-induced crowds will look tiny!

The Doonesbury flashcrowd was a sign that these are the "next big thing" that was really over two days ago. *grump*

Joshua C. Sasmor, Math department
sasmor@setonhill.edu