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.

Comments

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Well, that's kind of an obvious move. I'm really not surprised - by the attitude or the act.

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

[(Anonymous)]

this is just a comment that came to mind after reading the previous comment
has any one else noticed how many sci fi novels and movies are comming true
i have little doubt that pretty soon (well in the sceam of things) say 50-60 years that we will be living in a universe that is a cross between the enders saga and startrek enterprise and i hope the journal entries ;)
i know im not the only one who would like to date some of elfs charecters

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WarStoke

[anansi133.livejournal.com]

This particular meme mutation will be self correcting, once a marketed flash crowd descends on a store... and steals everything not nailed down. It's going to take a while, though, for the deeper lesson to sink in: money is no longer in control, if it ever was...