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flash mob |
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flash mobA phenomenon in which the organizer contacts a list of people by e-mail with instructions to gather at a public venue. The messages may be forwarded to friends, who forward to more people. At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some distraction such as waving their hands and yelling something at the top of their lungs for 30 seconds. Then, they quickly disperse before the police can arrive. Using cellphones, the flash mob can change its venue if the first one has been compromised for any reason. Why do people organize a flash mob? Because they can! How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Would the work merely recast Happening as flash mob, blithely transpose Cagean participatory ideals via Cingular? The organizer of the first flash mob, who identifies himself only as "Bill," argues that they exploit a desire to escape the virtual world of the Intrnet and join a real-world electronic underground. Our law enforcement bodies have yet to learn what a flash mob is," one of the organizers told Wired. |
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