flash "mob"

[cellio]

One of the finer examples of the form I've seen, courtesy of thnidu:

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[unique_name_123]

People didn't look very surprised. I felt like they were all hanging around with their iPhones waiting for the surprise flash mob to start.

[dvarin.livejournal.com]

I always wonder in these videos how much time-shuffling goes on during editing. Like, presumably they put the reaction-shots of people taking cellphone pictures in at times they feel are useful for the presentation aesthetic, rather than at exactly the time they happened.