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Sporting Dates is a new online dating site committed to finding that special someone who is as fit as you are, and shares the same interests.

British Women Artists (BWA) was established in 2008 by JoWonder and Peter Blue, as a medium for women artists living and working in the UK to showcase their work. A rich vein of visual artists working in the UK whose work is dynamic, sincere, and full of meaning has been uncovered.

Rent-A-Crowd Detection

I was astonished to learn that you can actually rent crowds of people to do the following :-

Pretend to be paparazzi that noisily follow you around snapping photos to give you that VIP 'celeb' feel.
Pretend to be faithful followers to help boost the numbers of your grass-roots political campaign.
Pretend to be angry opposer's of your enemies grass-roots political campaign ... and possibly start a fight or two to really tarnish their reputation
PR stunts / Flash mobs.

I decided to develop a service that could detect from news photos if anyone was using Rent-A-Crowds as this would be very useful for politicians.

Article from The Atlantic - The business of generating fake enthusiasm, from flash mobs to the campaign trail.

→ Astroturfing the practice of using money and outside support to create the illusion of grass-roots enthusiasm, are not unheard of in the political sphere.

→ Similar 'crowds-for-hire' companies have also sprung up internationally to create fake support for politicians, including a British company named Envisage Promotions.