Trolling At It's Finest

[Rated R Superstar]

Well played, 4Chan. The internet’s deepest rabbit hole of filth and violence has again made headlines for doing something quasi-good. Last night, a group of users from the popular image-based message board devised a campaign around the notion that Justin Bieber had developed cancer and was forced to shave his head. The pranksters covered their ground by developing a plethora of fake tweets, including one supposedly from Bieber himself, and the fake headline quickly started to make real waves across social networks. On any normal day this would be considered a win for the trolls, but the story doesn’t stop here. Being the passionate types they are, some fans were so shocked by the news their favorite pop star had fallen ill that they decided to shave their heads to show support and thus, #BaldForBieber was born:

4Chan Members Fabricate Justin Bieber Cancer Scare; Fans Shave Heads To Show Support | Under the Gun Review

This is the greatest thing I've ever read/seen. Went on Twitter, and it was trending and everything. Amazing.

 

[Mick Donalds]

Awesome, so awesome.

Makes you wonder if 4chan could ever come up with enough hacks and fake sources to troll a political story or something really serious.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

One step at a time my friend. They do their own thing, I'm sure it's in the works.

 

[Prodigy]

This story is fake.

 

[John McHenry]

Trolling thread in itself is a troll?

 

[WhatAboutBigBob]

It's hilarious that there are girls that actually went out and shaved their head because of this without seeing if it was true.

I'm loving some of the Tweets now though:

Aimee Helie ‏@AimeeHelie
just shaved my beaver for Beiber.. #baldforbeiber

Michael ‏@michaelmcg19
just manscaped. #baldforbeiber

Michael Carter ‏@mmmikecarterrr
I shaved my nutsack for Beiber #baldforbeiber

This one is true, though:

Michelle ‏@MichelllexDxR
If you guys shave your heads for #baldforbeiber, why don't you do it for all the other little children and people who are fighting cancer?

 

[Darth Shizzel]

Seriously the fact that people didn't bother checking to see if everything was legit first is a massive concern that the human race is becoming quite gullable.

 

[Prodigy]

Guys I'm telling you this shit is all made up by 4chan and they failed. They made up all those accounts and the people who tweeted bald heads are 4chan ONLY. No beliebers did actually do it.

'Bald for Bieber' Hoax a Massive #Fail | Billboard

 

[PHX]

Yeah if this was real it would have been booming all over media so had my doubts from the start anyways.

 

[Mick Donalds]

Oh shit, lol.

 

[Crippler]

Oh, that's a shame.

 

[Prodigy]

Eh if it had been true it would've been pretty pathetic anyway. Sure these girls are fans of Bieber, but if they were tricked into shaving their hair by some stupid internet trolls I'd feel legit sorry for them. I don't mind little trolls, but trolls that involve bringing up potentially life threatening ilnesses are stupid. These trolls must have really shit lives tbh.

 

[Chris]

Pathetic attempt to get over, 4chan.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Worked for me. I thought it was brilliant.

 

[Prodigy]

Like I said though, no one even shaved their heads. Any tweets regarding it were plants to make it look as if it happened...