Flash Mob Gone Wrong by Tom Scott, Ep 77

Tom talks about a flashmob gone very wrong.

Ignite London 2 was co-organised by Amy Thibodeau, Dan Zambonini, Andy Kervell, Craig Smith and Richard Johnson.
Special thanks to The Luminaire owner Andy Inglis. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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[ZeroTwoTwo]

Its happening right now in Bulgaria!! Dobby's Birthday. Dobby created a group in facebook to invite her friends to her B-day party. Forgetting to make the group privete now less than 2 days later there are more than 15000 attending!

[Serflak]

The fact that it isn't true is...kind of the entire point. Bits and pieces are of the story are true, but they didn't all come together in that fashion (those bits at the end about the flash mob riot at the Gallery Mall Mob in Philly and such? Those actually happened). But the point was that it COULD have been true, that until that disclaimer at the end, we all thought it wasn't just plausible, but possible. And that 2 or 5 or 10 years ago, we would have thought it to be impossible.

[Louis Luton]

no this isnt possible that some people just come together and kill an innocent girl with 23 dead just because she posts a video of herself dancing online 2 hours earlier. nonsense doesnt happen even today.

[RealtySocialMedia]

Genius, genius, genius...

[Chaosje -Anarchy]

Yesterday it happened in Haren (Groningen) The Netherlands.

A girl unintentionally invited all of her Facebook friends for her 16th birthday party.

More than 3000 people appeared but there was no party... The get annoyed causing a big riot with a million Euros damage.

I think we have not seen the last of it..

[sawsher99]

Gay

[jerrmiahb]

"The internet is scary, don't put out any information"...Posts personal email address.

What a wank.

[favianutube]

I love the animations and the imagery of the things going on in the display next to him, what program can produce a presentation like that?

[0T3k0]

that's what I was trying to convey you dolt - no one died, because it wasn't real

[TheFuns1]

This whole scenario is fake; you're the fucking idiot.

[0T3k0]

NO ONE DIED YOU FUCKING IDIOT 

[Xoniao]

IT'S NOT REAL, HES JUST SAYING THAT IN TODAYS WORLD THIS WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.