Tag: social networks

The largest flashmob wedding proposal … and more

Being happily married for over a decade already, I’m not too much into wedding proposals.  But the power flashmob is often mesmerising – crowds of people, sometimes as large as few thousands, gather together, self-organize, and execute projects of amazing size and complexity.  And all of that for no financial benefit – just for the love it, the idea, and, of course, tonnes of fun.

This, however, would never had been possible without the power of the Internet in general, and social networks in particular – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other sites provide a huge platform for organizing such acts.

By now, there are so many events, and people participating, that there is even a TV show – Mobbed – on mainstream network – Fox.  What these people do is organize flashmobs into professional productions, helping people announce their secrets to the world.  I haven’t seen much of the episodes yet, but this one is absolutely amazing – several thousand people help the guy to flashmob his girlfriend with a wedding proposal .. and even more.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT5-1PBCO5Y]

If you don’t want to spend 40 minutes watching all behind the scenes, setup, and the result, here is a shorter, 15 minute or so, version with just the result.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F9WZgTgB9E]

This is truly … ah, I wish I could find more words to describe it, but since I obviously can’t … TRULY EPIC.

WordPress plugin : Google+ Comments

WordPress plugin : Google+ Comments

This looks very interesting.

google plus comments

 

There is some overlapping functionality with Social plugin, which actually brings comments from social networks back into the WordPress installation.  That’s a bit more useful in longer term, when social networks come and go.  Social also brings in likes from Facebook, and retweets and favorites from Twitter.  However for the discussion flow, this plugin might be a better fit.  I’ll probably try it on for a few days just to see how it goes.

How can I block Facebook app and game invitations once and for all?

People keep asking, so here goes the answer:

You can block app invites from specific friends from Privacy Settings » Manage Blocking » Block app invites, and you can block specific apps from Privacy Settings » Manage Blocking » Block apps. If you do not use any Facebook apps or games and want to block them all from seeing any of your information or sending you invites, you can turn off Facebook Platform completely by going to Privacy Settings » Apps, Games, and Websites and clicking Turn off all apps.