35 Times People Wanted To Be Popular On Social Media So Bad, They Did Horrible Things For It (New Pics)
Talking to The National (the publisher, not the band), Elaine Wallace, senior lecturer in marketing at the National University of Ireland Galway (so many nationals!), said there's a lot of research showing that people like to receive likes and are motivated to seek them. "People engage in all sorts of practices to get them, and it keeps them coming back," Wallace explained.
But the negative psychological effect of the desire to collect likes has been freely admitted for many years by both Facebook and Instagram. In 2016, Instagram's then chief executive, Kevin Systrom, for example, told The Wall Street Journal: "We need to have a place where you feel free to post whatever you want without the nagging fear of, did someone like that or not?"
Years later, however, there's no such place in sight. People still go above and beyond for internet points, trying to impress folks they don't even know. And when I say beyond, I mean burning fellow plane passengers with a high-powered laser and giving up a child after you learn you can't include them in your videos.
To show how desperate some of us are for temporary online fame, we invite you to take a look at the recent posts we found on the subreddit r/justforsocialmedia. But if you scroll through the list and think that's it, fire up our earlier publication on this community. Sadly, there's way more.
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Give Your Grandson A Cake *they* Want
Booty Shots At Auschwitz!!!!
Absolutely tasteless and downright offensive to all the victims of Auschwitz, the holocaust and their families. Have some respect!
However, even if some stunt makes a person popular on social media, chances are it's not that great. According to Pamela Rutledge, Ph.D., M.B.A., and Director of the Media Psychology Research Center and faculty in the media psychology program at Fielding Graduate University, influencers' success relies less on their content and more on their ability to maintain an emotional connection with their fans, which can change quickly.
"Social media fame is more fragile and less likely to endure compared to the celebrity of actors and musicians. It may seem like some traditional performers became famous 'overnight,' but almost all worked for many years cultivating their craft and building a resume, hoping for a break-out moment," Rutledge wrote in Psychology Today. "While traditional celebrity certainly takes advantage of social media for fan engagement, social media fame is different. It has created a new class of celebrity — influencers — that takes advantage of network connectivity, peer-to-peer communication and bandwagon behaviors, so information and influence spread faster. This works well for fame based on the ability to attract attention through zealous extroversion, appeal, and a willingness to push the envelope rather than traditional performance skills."
Imagine ... Uggh
Influencers Jailed In Bali For Fake Mask Video Prank, To Be Deported As 'Soon As Possible'
It’s Just A Prank Bro
Rutledge also pointed out that at least in the US, people love to put celebrities up on pedestals as if they were "above it all." So when they misbehave, as most do when they believe in their own superiority, us regular folk take great relish pulling them back down to earth to show them and us that they're not so special after all. It makes us feel better about ourselves. Not everyone, however, can take the fall.
"This is a tough time to tumble down from the heights. Between the social hypersensitivity to social justice issues and the knee-jerk tendency to 'cancel' people based on the behavior or word of others (often without nuance or regard to facts), there is a perfect storm for a crash ... Brands are subject to the same consumer whims that drive fan behavior but unlike celebrities who can sometimes benefit from bad press, brands don't have that luxury. They will jump ship at the first sign of any serious social transgressions. For influencers basking in sudden fame and wealth, the trajectory down from those dizzying and lucrative heights can be equally steep."
The best experiences are beyond the reach of an internet signal. Why sabotage them for imaginary temporary clout?
Burning People With A High Powered Laser And Getting Yourself Banned From An Airport For Clout
Sounds like assault or possibly terrorism, as its a weapon on a plane, to me
Some People Just Aren’t Raised Right
Couple Gives A Child Up After Learning They Can’t Include Them In Their Videos
Kid is probably better off away from these narcissistic sociopaths anyway.
Tiktok Must Be Stopped
I don't know which idiot did that to the poor doggo, but I hate him / her.
Imagine Going To Jail For A Tiktok
Wcgw Pretending To Have The Coronavirus
A Guy Sprayed Gorilla Glue On His Hair Cause He Didnt Believe The Gorilla Glue Woman Was Telling The Truth
Bruh
Great Way To Ruin Your Life And Other People’s Lives
If all those wanting to try this, could get together somewhere away from the rest of us, I could sell tickets.
I found the perfect spot! There is a gaping chasm nearby but honestly what could go wrong?
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Can you really get people to do ANYTHING by calling it a challenge?
Not people, only the veryfew attention-starved idiots, who is on the lookout for their next fix. But since the world is large and reaching many persons fast is soo easy with the internet, hitting the very rare cases where your stupid mission succeeds is possible. So the answer is pretty much yes.
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These people need to do this in the same place the TikTok and IG idiots are jumping out of moving vehicles... it would make it more exciting to watch. Paul C. If you pull this off, I want 1% of the gate for my IG jumping plot twist 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Part 2: fight against the person you crashed into in a heated court battle challenge
This is where I give up, guys, simpely can't scroll anymore. Let the robots take over, I don't care.
A mortarcycle did that before and he hit my uncle and my passed and his daughter was in the car with him 😕
In high school, a guy did this to me on our first date, thinking he’d look really cool. Needless to say, there wasn’t a second. Why would anyone think that’d make them more attractive? Boys and young men sometimes do the most dangerous things for fun.
No you can't have dash lights on or any lights on got that? You're also blindfolded and you're right foot is strapped to the accelerator pushed all the way down.
little sister of hit your head against the next wall as hard/often as you can challenge...
No, not really... it is much worse. In Russian Roulette you are only gamling with your own life. Driving in the dark might end up hurting someone completely innocent, who never agreed to participate in your stupid "game".
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When You Use Your Nanas Death As An Excuse To Show Off Your Tattoos
Wasting All That Food Just For A Photo
Wow, So Quirky
Harassing People While Shopping Is Classified As A "Prank"
She Knew She Would Get A Reaction With Her Funeral Dress
Hot Glued A Toilet Onto Your Head
Brain Dead For Social Media
Imagine Going To Supermarkets Just To Destroy Food
I Hate People Like This
Let Me Film A Tiktok Infront Of My Dying Friend
All I Can Think Is Ants... Ants Everywhere
The Lie Was Obvious, But That Didn’t Stop The Likes
This is definitely not fake. My cat just told me she was there and saw it happen.
Don't Warn Him Or Scare Off The Bear, Just Film
There's another bear filming behind the trees saying 'This is going to look great on TikTok."
Disturbing Everybody's Shopping Experience
Reel Cool Dude
When Daddy Didn’t Give You Enough Attention When You Were Young
Creating A Mess In A Store For Literally No Reason
Disney Employee Posts Videos Breaking Rules At Disneyworld, Is Promptly Fired And Banned From Disneyworld
I wasn´t aware that "wide open" is the same as "unlocked". If only there was a word for when doors are not open, but not locked. Hmm, please, help, I cannot think of one on my own.
It Just Gets Worse
Girl Destroys Her Boyfriend’s Ps5 For A Tiktok
Texas Mother Poses As 13-Year-Old Daughter And Attends Her Class For Social Media Attention - Gets Arrested
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There should be a new law passed called the "Tictok law". It should involve fines and jail time if you do this kind of crap. It wouldn't be hard to enforce. After all they post the footage themselves.
Einstein was so right: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe".
I stopped. It made me furious to a point that I wanted to kick and hit and and and... WHAT is wrong with these idiots. Why are they not called out and fined? Seriously, do this in front of me and I will do something instead of just watch.
Me too - had to stop reading this as it is too depressing. To be perfectly honest, bored panda is part if the problem - these people feed on attention, and dontvreally care if it is positive or negative. They don't care if we are disgusted, they just need that ego fuel.
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So Bored Panda is making it worse by recycling the attention these absolute tw*twaffles do not deserve. Can the rest of us Pandas, here and now, pledge to avoid anything that ever mentions TikTok? To call out this obnoxious behaviour, report it to the police or whatever authority is on site if seen IRL? Can we Pandas, all of us, take this opportunity to make the world a better place without these c*nts taking up any of our brain space?
When prosperity brings decadence, and decadence brings destruction of life necessities 'just because you can'. Or worse: hurting and harming animals and children. Some people need a little bit more hardship in their life to revalue what they have.
yeah I'd fine these people with 5 years aid work in the 3rd world.
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Why is anyone giving the narcissists any more space or attention?
it's a bit like a car crash. You don't want to look but you do.
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I think we should all realize that idiots have always been among us. It's just that recently society has deemed fit to provide them with a platform for some reason.
This is one of the most infuriating posts I’ve seen on BP. Why are you promoting these morons?!
This is one of the best and worst threads that I've seen lately on BP. This brings together everything that makes us have no future - because of idiots. I don't care if they hurt themself or even die, but please, do it without somewhere where you don't hurt or disturb anyone else. Like in middle of ocean or something. Without reception to post to TikTok/Instagram
Village idiots have always existed, usually Darwin weeds them out. Now the "village" is so much larger, so of course there are many more idiots around. Public shaming can work in some of these situations, others need the justice System to do its job. Consequences needs to occur more frequently than the "rewards" of likes
There is something seriously wrong with people who think any of this is ok.
You misread my comment... Yes people are not starving because these nobs are wasting food. That food could be put to better use. They are wasting food while there are starving people who would give anything to have even a bite of some of that food. Why is it that what I say could be deemed derogatory, yet animals being abused and food being wasted (while there are starving people in this world) is done so for the gain of fame and views? Why do things like that not offend?
There are several videos of people breaking laws here with no mention of their being arrested. I want to know why they're not in jail--especially those people feeding the dog that overspiced crap. And why can't Tiktok be charged for inciting idiots to commit crimes by post these BS 'challenges'?
Did something go wrong in these peoples childhood? Or were they all just born with personality disorders?
Aliens never came to Earth because they never found intelligent life here.
All TikTok proves is there are way too many people out there with undiagnosed mental disorders and a whole slew of adults that were allowed to do as they please and never told "no" as children.
And these retards are what our poor planet has to look forward to... Your parents must be so proud! I cannot imagine what future generations will be like if this is how its going. FML! There are people who are STARVING TO DEATH and here you morons are destroying food. There are animals suffering for you assholes, all in the name of Tiktok. Honestly, f**k you Tiktok
Whilst there was the odd criminal damage listing that should be pursued as such, people that are starving are not starving because of influencers wasting food. It's odd to have such a woke comment that includes derogatory terms that could be considered offensive.
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And here I was worrying for the future of the younger generations with having no possibilities of owning property but instead...and perhaps them realizing this, have chosen THIS path. I guess if you're f****d anyways, may as well not live past 25.
It kept going and going and going, and could probably go out to hundreds, if not thousands. All because people want likes on social media and think they're Special.
There should be a new law passed called the "Tictok law". It should involve fines and jail time if you do this kind of crap. It wouldn't be hard to enforce. After all they post the footage themselves.
Einstein was so right: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe".
I stopped. It made me furious to a point that I wanted to kick and hit and and and... WHAT is wrong with these idiots. Why are they not called out and fined? Seriously, do this in front of me and I will do something instead of just watch.
Me too - had to stop reading this as it is too depressing. To be perfectly honest, bored panda is part if the problem - these people feed on attention, and dontvreally care if it is positive or negative. They don't care if we are disgusted, they just need that ego fuel.
Load More Replies... So Bored Panda is making it worse by recycling the attention these absolute tw*twaffles do not deserve. Can the rest of us Pandas, here and now, pledge to avoid anything that ever mentions TikTok? To call out this obnoxious behaviour, report it to the police or whatever authority is on site if seen IRL? Can we Pandas, all of us, take this opportunity to make the world a better place without these c*nts taking up any of our brain space?
When prosperity brings decadence, and decadence brings destruction of life necessities 'just because you can'. Or worse: hurting and harming animals and children. Some people need a little bit more hardship in their life to revalue what they have.
yeah I'd fine these people with 5 years aid work in the 3rd world.
Load More Replies... Why is anyone giving the narcissists any more space or attention?
it's a bit like a car crash. You don't want to look but you do.
Load More Replies... I think we should all realize that idiots have always been among us. It's just that recently society has deemed fit to provide them with a platform for some reason.
This is one of the most infuriating posts I’ve seen on BP. Why are you promoting these morons?!
This is one of the best and worst threads that I've seen lately on BP. This brings together everything that makes us have no future - because of idiots. I don't care if they hurt themself or even die, but please, do it without somewhere where you don't hurt or disturb anyone else. Like in middle of ocean or something. Without reception to post to TikTok/Instagram
Village idiots have always existed, usually Darwin weeds them out. Now the "village" is so much larger, so of course there are many more idiots around. Public shaming can work in some of these situations, others need the justice System to do its job. Consequences needs to occur more frequently than the "rewards" of likes
There is something seriously wrong with people who think any of this is ok.
You misread my comment... Yes people are not starving because these nobs are wasting food. That food could be put to better use. They are wasting food while there are starving people who would give anything to have even a bite of some of that food. Why is it that what I say could be deemed derogatory, yet animals being abused and food being wasted (while there are starving people in this world) is done so for the gain of fame and views? Why do things like that not offend?
There are several videos of people breaking laws here with no mention of their being arrested. I want to know why they're not in jail--especially those people feeding the dog that overspiced crap. And why can't Tiktok be charged for inciting idiots to commit crimes by post these BS 'challenges'?
Did something go wrong in these peoples childhood? Or were they all just born with personality disorders?
Aliens never came to Earth because they never found intelligent life here.
All TikTok proves is there are way too many people out there with undiagnosed mental disorders and a whole slew of adults that were allowed to do as they please and never told "no" as children.
And these retards are what our poor planet has to look forward to... Your parents must be so proud! I cannot imagine what future generations will be like if this is how its going. FML! There are people who are STARVING TO DEATH and here you morons are destroying food. There are animals suffering for you assholes, all in the name of Tiktok. Honestly, f**k you Tiktok
Whilst there was the odd criminal damage listing that should be pursued as such, people that are starving are not starving because of influencers wasting food. It's odd to have such a woke comment that includes derogatory terms that could be considered offensive.
Load More Replies... And here I was worrying for the future of the younger generations with having no possibilities of owning property but instead...and perhaps them realizing this, have chosen THIS path. I guess if you're f****d anyways, may as well not live past 25.
It kept going and going and going, and could probably go out to hundreds, if not thousands. All because people want likes on social media and think they're Special.
