Talk:Smart mob

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This article was nominated for deletion on 10 December 2006. The result of the discussion was merge with Smart Mobs.

Curiously, this article does not really explain what a smart mob really is, or how it is distinguished from e.g. a flash mob... I'm still in the dark.

>The difference between a flash mob and a smart mob is that a flash mob is a mob for fun, doing something essentially useless, whereas a smart mob denotes any type of mob operating collectively through networked communication. Effectively a flash mob is a type of smart mob. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.138.82.195 (talk • contribs).

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Then perhaps the two articles should be merged? Zero sharp 23:46, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

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I forgot how to comment rightly on this page, the form and what not. So here's my observation.

One of the examples listed as a possible flash mob was the way the Spanish people reacted negatively toward the incumbent politicos after the 11M bombings. However, their negative reaction may be more likely attributed to simple face-value reaction.

The elections were held nearly immediately after the attacks, so when things like this happen, one usually sees a nation brewing with tension and anger toward some level of government. I don't see how this could be considered a smart mob.

It's more likely a mass hysteria-related social behavior, just like how Americans eagerly enlisted in WWII after japan attacked, but before that, the overwhelming majority of Americans wanted no part in the war. Events with impact like that are usually the cause of any mass reaction, not technology. If anything, technology in terms of media broadcasting and reception just allows for faster transmission of stimuli, and thus faster reactions.

I don't think the Spanish people took to their thumbs a la smart mobs and texted all their pals to vote out the Prez because of the recent attacks; I think the people just sort of decided that on their own, without the aid of any technology other what existed before the invention of the term 'smart mob'. If this example remains, then one could feasibly preclude that any mass action/reaction in a high-technology society is in fact a smart mob, and that assumption would be fallacious.

the page lists Jungist in the "see also". i do not see the relevance and suggust it be removed. 72.131.118.88 02:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)