Post by Adriana Velez
It all started as a 4Chan joke. A user on the online message board/prankster clubhouse announced the following directive: "Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because Bieber was smoking weed." And guess what happened next? Yup, pranksters rushed to Twitter and spread graphic photos under the hashtag #CuttingForBieber. The fake pressure campaign started trending like mad and even Miley Cyrus commented on the "cutting" hashtag. She retweeted @OfficialCancer, saying, "#cutforbieber? Cutting is NOT something to joke about. There are people who are actually suffering from self-harm, this is so disrespectful." Maybe she knew it was a hoax? Regardless, haha pranksters. You reeled a celeb into your hoax-of-the-day. Now tell us ... what was the point of all that?![]()
It all started as a 4Chan joke. A user on the online message board/prankster clubhouse announced the following directive: "Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because Bieber was smoking weed." And guess what happened next? Yup, pranksters rushed to Twitter and spread graphic photos under the hashtag #CuttingForBieber. The fake pressure campaign started trending like mad and even Miley Cyrus commented on the "cutting" hashtag. She retweeted @OfficialCancer, saying, "#cutforbieber? Cutting is NOT something to joke about. There are people who are actually suffering from self-harm, this is so disrespectful." Maybe she knew it was a hoax? Regardless, haha pranksters. You reeled a celeb into your hoax-of-the-day. Now tell us ... what was the point of all that?