Project Name and URL:
Silent Rave New York - Dance in the streets, not in your room! (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24032096712).
Location & Creator/Author/Organisation:
Jonnie Wesson. Facebook group leader.
Media and how it is used:
Silent rave/ mobile club/ silent disco aims to simply gather hopefully a large amount of people in a space at an arranged time, turn on their iPods and start dancing to whatever type of music they like. Facebook is used to as a vehicle to communicate to those in the group of the pre-arranged time of where the Silent Rave was held (Union Square) and urged to bring along friends - the more the merrier. It was originally intended as a one-off event for fun but due to its popular success, held a second event in mid 2008. These silent raves are now popping up everywhere in Europe.
Points reflecting on its success:
Able to bring a large group of people together just by one means of social media - Facebook and word of mouth for one simple objective: having fun and dancing with their iPods plugged IN. Even in the idea's simplicity, it was very effective.
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