Record category
Internet-born events, viral public moments, and physical places transformed by online culture.
4 mapped events
11–13 July 2014
Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, United States
DashCon was an independently organized convention aimed at Tumblr fandom communities. Payment disputes, canceled appearances, an emergency appeal for attendee money, and frustrated guests overtook the program. …
27–28 April 2017
Festival site near Rokers Point, Great Exuma, The Bahamas
Fyre Festival was sold through celebrity-heavy social media marketing as an exclusive music event in The Bahamas. Guests arriving on Great Exuma instead found unfinished infrastructure, canceled …
19–22 September 2019
Rachel and the approaches to the Nevada Test and Training Range, United States
A satirical Facebook event inviting people to ‘storm’ Area 51 drew millions of online responses and forced officials in rural Lincoln County to plan for an unknowable …
7 November 2020
Four Seasons Total Landscaping, 7347 State Road, United States
Attorneys and supporters of President Donald Trump held a post-election press conference in the back lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping in northeast Philadelphia. Earlier announcements using …