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Ask HN: Should Flocking Become a Verb?
1 points by verdverm •                         
For both state and corporate survellience, all of the big data used to manipulate and control humans at grand scale
gnabgib •                         
> Flocking is the process of depositing many small fiber particles (called flock) onto a surface

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocking_(texture)

verdverm •                         
Words change and take on more mea ings, it's more a cultural question, something new to capture what we all feel about the ubiquitous monitoring and manipulation, could be a moment in the making, people are primed for it. The existing definition is pretty spot on in analogy.

I'm going to start use it as such, it was someone last night who did to me. It's brilliant

abstractspoon •                         
I quite like the idea. As in "Dude. You've been totally flocked!"
verdverm •                         
My building installed ButterflyMX and they are totally flocking my data for advertisers