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MySpace Party: The Wisdomless Crowd Shows Up

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

This is a rather sad article: A teenager posted an invitation to a party at her house on MySpace and was flooded by hoodlums who trashed her parents' house and did a lot of unspeakable things - $48,000 in damages, a suitcase full of alcohol, vomit buckets, cigarette butts everywhere. ... Continue reading »

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engtech
2 years ago

I've seen this before on regional message boards long before MySpace was around... there's even a cellphone commercial alluding to the phenomina (one of those walkie talkie things).

Great analogy with getting the Digg commenters to visit though.

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tunequest
2 years ago

I recently read about similar behavior resulting from a posting on craigslist. A disgruntled tenant, who was being evicted, left a message inviting people to the house and take what they wanted. The door was left unlocked and sure enough, the place was trashed. Even bathroom fixtures were taken.

The prospect of someone posting a "looting message" and having an unruly mob show up on your doorstep is cause for concern, I'd say.

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webomatica
2 years ago

Yeah I kinda remember that story about Craigslist from a while back - here's a link. It's worth reviewing. Pretty bizarre.

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