Rheingold "Smart Mobs: The Power of the Mobile Many"

In class, we discussed Rheingold's article on smart mobs AKA flash mobs. He discussed how mass texting can lead to physical world actions of mobs. They use mass communications by use of media to help carry out there goal. I learned that they work by a "ad hac social network," which means they communicate by what goes on here and now. Rheingold discusses a cooperation threshold, which is basically the personal effectors that decide when they follow their leader. He also explains the concept of emergent properties, which are features of a group that characterize them as a single unit.
After discussing Rheingold, I searched on the Internet for different political smart mob events that may have occured recently in time. In 2006, there were student protests in Chile called the Penguins' Revolution. They were protesting for free bus fare and waiving a test fee. It was interesting because this information was found on a new search engine called Exalead, which I have never heard of or used before class on Wednesday.