The objective of this kind of behaviour is to be striking a pose in a strange and sometimes even life threatening situation.
In May of this year, a man in Australia plunged to his death from a seventh-floor balcony, as he was participating in the internet craze of "planking". Police said the dead man, in his 20s, fell from a balcony railing in Brisbane while a friend photographed him.
Even with news stories such as these, this has not prevented people from taking these outrageous photos. If anything, it has encouraged more people to be even more creative and come up with new memes.
Some people will do anything for attention - even stick their head down a toilet. For fans of a new internet craze called 'plumbking', using your hair as a bog brush is a perfectly fine way to pass the time. These U-bend adventurers even like to have their picture taken while they're at it, sharing the image with the rest of the world in the hope of inspiring more people to do the same.
The craze is in fact the latest in a number of bizarre photo fads that have sprung up across social networking sites, as they all aspire to be the new planking. Keep clicking to take a look at some of the most bizarre Facebook crazes out there.
How far will people go to become the next big internet sensation?
References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13389207
http://tech.uk.msn.com/social/the-new-planking-plumbking-and-other-facebook-crazes-3#image=1
The craze is in fact the latest in a number of bizarre photo fads that have sprung up across social networking sites, as they all aspire to be the new planking. Keep clicking to take a look at some of the most bizarre Facebook crazes out there.
How far will people go to become the next big internet sensation?
References
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13389207
http://tech.uk.msn.com/social/the-new-planking-plumbking-and-other-facebook-crazes-3#image=1
With this i would say social media does not cause poeple to do stupid things..people do stupid things anyway, social media may enhance it by making more people aware of whats going on. People will always go as far as they can to be the next internet sensation because eveyone has that need to feel a sense of importance and significance no matter what consequences it may have.
ReplyDeleteYoutube is popular for "attention seekers" as they can post videos of them doing silly things to attract attention, maybe more than Facebook. I agree with Isaac, people do starnge things anyway but may fo even further with stupidity to attract attention and popularity.
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ReplyDeletei agree with Isaac, many people that tend to do stupid things, just do it 'for a laugh', and social media does enhance these silly clip,pictures, stories etc. however, there are some cases that many people tend to film and put it on the internet to encourage more silly actions such as 'happy slap', 'planking' 'owling' etc, it just depends on how high the stupidity rating is.
ReplyDeleteThey should have made us start one of these idiot trends as part of the coursework. That would've been interesting.
ReplyDeleteWhen things like this are posted on facebook or other social networking website people intend to try and follow. For example some people may think the doing "planking" in wierd n dangerous ways is the new type of trend so it wont stop them to do it. I think that Social Media can make a bigger impact on people to do stupid things.
ReplyDeleteIf “planking to my death” or sticking my head into a toilet while someone takes a photo of me is what it takes “to become the next big internet sensation”, you can count me out. Why give a person the opportunity to encourage their stupidity?
ReplyDeleteIsaac you have a good point, but I believe that the things people will do these days are in reflection to someone else seeing it on a social media site. What is this world really coming to?