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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Manhattan Mob Meets Its Maker
  • Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:21:39 -0400

Wired reports on the final (and confusing) original mob in NYC. The eighth
mob is to be the last organized by "Bill," the individual credited with
starting the global "Flash Mob" movement earlier this year.

David


http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60399,00.html

"NEW YORK -- The mother of all flash mobs officially came to an end on
Wednesday night, in an inexplicable grand finale that amazed and confused
both participants and mob organizers.

New York City's Mob Project was launched in May by a man known only as
"Bill" as an experiment in participatory street performance. People received
an e-mail invitation to a mob event, where they interacted with others
according to a loose script, and then dissipated just as suddenly as they
appeared..."




  • [internetworkers] Manhattan Mob Meets Its Maker, David Minton, 09/12/2003

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