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Yesterday’s flash mob, like each of its national precedents, was organized over the Internet—in this case, through an anonymously moderated Yahoo group called “bostoncitymob,” which boasted over 600 subscribers as of last evening...
...Harvard Square mob somewhat lacked the element of surprise that its precedents sought. Most flash mobs spurn media attention, aiming toward the semblance of inexplicable spontanaeity. A small entourage of news reporters attended yesterday’s crowd...
...Cameras flash. The band of customers smiles. Each participant is to explain, to any confused bystander, that he or she is looking for a card for a friend named Bill. Bill is in New York...
...recent flash mob craze, he said, reflects trends that govern his theory...
Rheingold says that the same patterns of communication that have given rise to flash mobs are responsible for a variety of recent worldwide phenomena—a list that includes Estrada demonstrations in the Philippines, globally coordinated protests against war in Iraq and the shocking last-minute victory in a recent Korean election...