Talk:Crowd manipulation

Sales manipulation
Crowd manipulation is an excellent article. I am sure that "sales manipulation" would be a worthwhile sister article that could do with being done, covering high-pressure selling techniques etc. --Penbat (talk) 09:57, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

some dumbass said gustave le bon was a "ninetieth-century social scientist" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.89.185.220 (talk) 01:04, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

I belive that Lenin was not a manipulator of masses so i erase it because of neutrality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.131.196.208 (talk) 16:48, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Irritating Animated GIF File
Is that irritating animated GIF file of Vladmir Lenin really necessary? It distracts from reading the text. I've read a lot of Wikipedia over the years and I think this is the first animated 2-second repeating animation (that tells us nothing) I've encountered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.18.154.157 (talk) 10:40, 15 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Lenin's gestures and manner of speaking are far more interesting than some things in the article (the picture of Barack Obama doing nothing in particular, for instance). Lenin does illustrate a confident and pleasant, although rather artificial demeanor, so he provides a good example of effective crowd manipulation. The really annoying part of the gif is that it flashes back and forth between Lenin and a crowd. The crowd is actually not that useful and I think it would be an improvement if that part of the gif were just cut out.108.8.48.47 (talk) 08:39, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Possible book for Recommended Reading
"Crowds and Power" by Elias Canetti, FYI.

flash mob.
A flash mob is a 'spontanious' gathering, that is 'organised in advance'? One of these is obviously wrong, so if someone who knows which could change it, that would make it a fair bit clearer.130.216.68.22 (talk) 04:43, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see how a flash mob is an example of manipulation. I thought it was people who volunterily came together for an agreed on purpose. BayShrimp (talk) 20:52, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Focus of article
Is a crowd a group of people gathered in a public place, or the population in general? If it's the second it seems like crowd manipulation is really the same thing as propaganda or persuasion. BayShrimp (talk) 20:50, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

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