At last a use for flash mobs!
22nd June 2008 by David North
I like the idea of flash mobs they appeal to my sense of humour especially the randomness of them. There have been a few locally to me in Birmingham but generally speaking they are events for people with too much time on their hands.
At work we’ve toyed with the idea of using flash mobs to promote a company or product but as of yet no clients have gone for it.
However at last there is a real use for flash mobs! A youth project called Ctrl.Alt.Shift(as in “Take control of your World”, “Alter the way it works” and “Shift its future”) intends to develop a group of ‘outspoken agitators’ among 18 - 25 year olds. This is done by using various new technologies such as social media to apply pressure about injustices in the World.
So flash mobs can now have a important purpose - protests that spring from nowhere! I can imagine the effect of hundreds of protesters turning up en-mass at a specified time is very noticeable.
