Editing Smart mob (section)

==Examples==
Essentially, the smart mob is a practical implementation of [[collective intelligence]]. According to Rheingold, examples of smart mobs are the street protests organized by the [[anti-globalization movement]]. The [[Free State Project]] has been described in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' as an example of potential "smart [[Ochlocracy|mob rule]]".<ref name="FP-smartmobrule">{{cite news |title=Smart Mob Rule |work=Foreign Policy |last=McGirk |first=James |page=92 |date=May–June 2003}}</ref> Other examples of smart mobs include:

*Smart mobs who arrange the meet up over the internet and show up at a retailer at a specific time and use their number to negotiate a discount with the retailer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/printedition/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=7121669|title=Shop affronts|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref>
*[[Crop mob|Crop mobs]], a group of agricultural volunteers who help out at a small farm<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-03-10 |title='Crop Mob' volunteers help small farms in North Carolina |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-10-la-na-crop-mob10-2010mar10-story.html |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Text message]]s that were sent in the [[Philippines]], which are thought to be partly responsible for the demonstration that ousted former President [[Joseph Estrada]]. Examples of such a text message read "Wear black to mourn the death of democracy", "Expect there to be rumbles" and "Go to [[EDSA Shrine|EDSA]]".{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
*The [[11 March 2004 Madrid attacks]] (11M), and the reaction from the people against the government in the Spanish elections of 14 March 2004.{{citation needed|date=May 2016|}}
*The [[2005 civil unrest in France]] exhibited smart mobs—the French national police spokesman, Patrick Hamon, was quoted in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' as saying that youths, mainly those of the Muslim faith, in individual neighborhoods were communicating by cellphone text messages, online blogs, and/or email—arranging meetings and warning each other about police operations.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
*The [[2006 student protests in Chile]] and [[2007 Chilean government-Microsoft agreement]] are the example in [[Latin America]] about the smart mobs and the use of weblogs, Fotologs, Photoblogs, text messages and digital organization in a few hours. Also due to their online organization has called the attention of the press as a source of news because of the strong activism online.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
*On July 5, 2005, during [[U2]]'s performance of the song "New Year's Day" at a stadium in [[Chorzów]], [[Poland]], the audience of 70,000 waved colored articles of clothing to form a giant Polish flag of white and red: fans on the pitch waved red, those in the bleachers waved white. This behavior was coordinated by fans communicating on the internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1031144.php |title=70,000 U2 fans form huge Polish flag to Cold War anthem - Music |access-date=2008-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215184050/http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1031144.php |archive-date=2008-02-15 }}</ref>
*On November 6, 2008, more than 500 students across Taiwan began a sit-in protest in front of the [[Executive Yuan]]. Known as the Wild Strawberry Students Movement [[Wild Strawberries Movement|野草莓學運]], this assembly was mobilised overnight with the help of an on-line Bulletin Board System (BBS). The students were equipped with mobile technology such as HSDPA (high speed download packet access) and web-cameras. They soon set up a live broadcast that aired for 24 hours a day over the internet for more than a week, and they used mobile devices to keep up to date with government reactions on the mass media. One of the main themes of the protest was for amendment of the Assembly and Parade Law that curbed freedom of expression: this demand earned support from various non-government organizations nationwide.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
*The release of the Baauer song "[[Harlem Shake (song)|Harlem Shake]]" was a smart mob phenomena in 2013. The song reached 700 million views in the month of February 2013 on YouTube.  The song and dance has influences from a dance originally released in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/a-brief-history-of-the-harlem-shake-8518071.html|title=A brief history of the Harlem Shake|author=Emily Dugan, Louise Fitzgerald|date=3 March 2013|work=The Independent}}</ref> The phenomenon involves large groups of people banding together, utilizing their weak ties, and all filming a video dancing to "Harlem Shake". On February 10, 2013, the upload rate of the "Harlem Shake" videos was 4,000 per day onto YouTube. The increasing popularity has enabled the video to become used as a political statement, such as in Egypt, where a smart mob formed to perform the dance outside the Egyptian Islamic president's headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/01/17144225-how-the-harlem-shake-is-being-used-to-push-for-change-in-egypt?lite|title=How the Harlem Shake is being used to push for change in Egypt|author=World News|date=12 May 2016|work=NBC News}}</ref> According to Rhinegold's characteristics of what makes a smart mob, such as a lack of centralized control and peer-to-peer influence, the "Harlem Shake" is the epitome of a smart mob.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Smart mobs | author=Howard Rheingold | url=http://www.demos.co.uk/files/File/networklogic15rheingold.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050442/http://www.demos.co.uk/files/File/networklogic15rheingold.pdf | archive-date=2013-12-03}}</ref>