Police called to IKEA after thousands sign up for hide and seek (2019)

Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20896156

Good catch! Nicely done.

Something similar from 2009 too:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=508189

https://web.archive.org/web/20090312000304/http://dornob.com...

That article felt like it finished just as it was getting started. Where’s the interview with a hide-and-seeker, or an examination of why IKEA won’t let you play in there stores?

The submitted article was http://nowiknow.com/the-one-thing-you-cant-do-in-ikea/ which was cribbed from a bunch of old news articles. We've replaced the URL above with one of those. The others, in case anybody cares:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-16/ikea-stam...

https://www.fastcompany.com/90399077/ikea-politely-asks-that...

https://nypost.com/2019/09/11/cops-shut-down-massive-3000-pe...

That's it. That's the tweet.

Answer: organise a “hide and seek” flash mob, apparently.

Thanks. r/savedyouaclick