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Sasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party

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Psychology & human behaviorInternet culture & memes

What it is

Amateur footage from the 2009 Sasquatch music festival in which one person starts dancing alone and a crowd gradually joins in, turning it into a dance party.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Used as the classic example of a lone first follower turning one person's action into a movement, in threads about bystanders and group behavior.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2009, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “I think the most amazing/hilarious example I've seen of one person starting something by making the first move”

    Amazing, hilarious example of one person starting a movement

    anonymousDan, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “A new study uses camera footage to track the frequency of bystander intervention”

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Topics: dance party, first follower, crowd psychology, music festival, social movement

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