[
] The Dialects on the Flash Mobs
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Although facing the contemporary events, it seems that I still like to think in some classical ways. I consider the flash mob is a synthesis combined with the following binary theses: secrets and demonstrations. At first, there must be a secret in a flash mob activity, people who participate the movement tell each other by e-mails, mobile phone, messages and the online forums, people prepare the items required and do what the dictations say, all in secret. Then, as the time is up, people come from all where being gathered suddenly to do something unreasonable. That is the flash mob.
A successful flash mob activity depends on how much the demonstration shakes the others and how the participators keep the secret. For instance, there was an activity is scheduled to call for people to worship the statues of lions before a department store near the Taipei Rail Station last week, but it was canceled just because the mass medium had already know about the activity and dozens of cameras were waiting for the mobs to appear. The mobs were upset and gave up their plan; I guess the reason may be that they cannot demonstrate their power but became a show boy/girl playing funny programs to entertain the mass medium.