# Some ideas for an SDMB Flash Mob activity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 23, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153 "2013-01-23T21:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153/1 "2013-01-23T21:23:00Z")

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Just the germ of an idea that might be developed by the adventurous.

What if a bunch of us selected some webpage’s comments section and proceeded to make an indelible impression by leaving all sorts of ridiculous comments that would outstrip the inane ones usually found there. Yahoo! Answers or YouTube for example. Maybe some Fox News story of limited value otherwise.

Any other thoughts?

Simultaneous UFO sightings all around the world.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153/2 "2013-01-23T21:25:58Z")

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[party pooper]

I’m pretty sure that’s against the rules.

[/party pooper]

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153/3 "2013-01-23T21:25:59Z")

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And then a bunch of people from whatever site you target come here and cause trouble. That’s how board wars happen.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153/4 "2013-01-23T21:26:13Z")

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Go to a public retail setting and yell “cite” every time a salesman makes a claim about a product? (Hell, you can probably think of a dozen more places to do that at.)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ideas-for-an-sdmb-flash-mob-activity/648153/5 "2013-01-23T21:31:29Z")

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Yup, sorry, **Zeldar** , that would be considered inciting a board war, which is against the rules.

**twickster** , for the SDMB