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September 9, 2003

September 12.org and FlashMobs

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Posted by Clay Shirky

September12.org is a wiki set up by Tom Munnecke to coordinate actions that will "...create a cascade of positive emotions on the 12th." The thing that caught my eye is that they are attempting to press the idea of FlashMobs into service for a larger cause. As I predicted a while ago "If the [mob] pattern catches on, it's plainly going to be adopted by both pranksters and political activists." This set of FlashMobs may end up with both patterns. Because September12.org is simultaneously politically active and politically mute -- it references September 11th, but without noting that it was the opening attack in at least one current conflict -- it may generate some sort of counter-protest. (I can hardly imagine the warbloggers setting up a FlashMob, but who knows...) Should be interesting to watch, anyway.

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1. Tom Munnecke on September 13, 2003 5:11 PM writes...

consider the saying, "One bad apple spoils the whole barrel." Creating bigger barrels creates exponentially greater numbers of bad apples and the likliness of the bad apple appearing. On the other hand, I believe we can flip the logic around and make "one good apple improve the whole barrel." Look at what has to say about this.

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