Comments on: There’s no controlling the flash http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:32:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Zac R http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375236 Zac R Mon, 19 May 2008 13:49:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375236 Brian Robinson & Jeff: It will no doubt warm you to learn that football hooligans have been using the internet to coordinate fights with rival "firms" for years! I doubt they use Twitter, tho. Brian Robinson & Jeff: It will no doubt warm you to learn that football hooligans have been using the internet to coordinate fights with rival “firms” for years! I doubt they use Twitter, tho.

]]> By: SpaceyG http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375188 SpaceyG Sat, 17 May 2008 12:09:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375188 I'm quite certain most governments are hard at work on methods and means to separate people from their social networks, and social media tools, BEFORE flash mobs ever get started. I’m quite certain most governments are hard at work on methods and means to separate people from their social networks, and social media tools, BEFORE flash mobs ever get started.

]]> By: wendell http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375179 wendell Sat, 17 May 2008 00:27:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375179 After 2004, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_Mardi_Gras_controversy )San Luis Obispo, CA officials have worked hard to 'party-poop' anything happening on Mardi Gras... this year they were confronted by "a Facebook Web page inviting revelers to the city" and squelched it pretty easily. ( http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/262555.html ) Maybe the local authorities know something others don't... or maybe the Flash Mob fizzled out on its own. But a lot of local cops worked overtime on Fat Tuesday anyway. After 2004, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_Mardi_Gras_controversy )San Luis Obispo, CA officials have worked hard to ‘party-poop’ anything happening on Mardi Gras… this year they were confronted by “a Facebook Web page inviting revelers to the city” and squelched it pretty easily. ( http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/262555.html ) Maybe the local authorities know something others don’t… or maybe the Flash Mob fizzled out on its own. But a lot of local cops worked overtime on Fat Tuesday anyway.

]]> By: Phil Bradley http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375176 Phil Bradley Fri, 16 May 2008 23:24:39 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375176 But are they really instant? The very existence of a facebook group - i.e. a planning process - means that they're not. Perhaps an all too common case of not being able to spot old people in new clothes? But are they really instant? The very existence of a facebook group - i.e. a planning process - means that they’re not. Perhaps an all too common case of not being able to spot old people in new clothes?

]]> By: Brian Robinson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375171 Brian Robinson Fri, 16 May 2008 18:17:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375171 Jeff, You are right, you can't control a mob. And, to authorities, there might be no difference between controlling mobs and more legitimate reasons for calling a crowd of people together, such as a political protest. But what happens when someone calls a mob together for the purposes of actual. physical mayhem? What happens when the first people start dying from these Internet-based mob events? Is it alright for the Internet to collectively just shrug its shoulders? Jeff,

You are right, you can’t control a mob. And, to authorities, there might be no difference between controlling mobs and more legitimate reasons for calling a crowd of people together, such as a political protest.

But what happens when someone calls a mob together for the purposes of actual. physical mayhem? What happens when the first people start dying from these Internet-based mob events? Is it alright for the Internet to collectively just shrug its shoulders?

]]> By: Flashmobs im Social Age « Mjays Planet http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/05/16/theres-no-controlling-the-flash/#comment-375169 Flashmobs im Social Age « Mjays Planet Fri, 16 May 2008 18:10:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3617#comment-375169 [...] Jeff Jarvis gibt es dazu einen guten Text: I understand their desire [... but] Mobs can form instantly via [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis gibt es dazu einen guten Text: I understand their desire [... but] Mobs can form instantly via [...]

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