What’s social media all about? Keeping in touch with your family and friends, as well as making new connections, right? Well, it should be. But just like the internet, social media is a rusty double-edged sword laced with toxic goo—far from everything is as wholesome as the cat pictures you’ll find on Bored Panda.
Most people want to be loved, adored, and to be in the spotlight. In short, they want attention and adoration. Unfortunately, a sizeable chunk of humankind is prepared to do anything for that, morals, common sense, and decency be damned.
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From acting plain idiotic to doing some downright immoral stuff that would make the local priest splash them with holy water, the people who are prepared to go to extreme lengths just for internet fame end up on the r/justforsocialmedia subreddit. Check out the best of the worst below, upvote the ones that impressed you with their awfulness the most, and share any similar stories in the comment section.
Bored Panda spoke about why some people tend to do pretty much anything for a splash of fame with redditor Blank-Cheque, one of the moderators at the ‘Just For Social Media’ subreddit. According to them, the internet is a contributing factor in hunting for attention. “I’d say a lot of these people would’ve done stupid stuff anyway, but the internet gives them extra incentive and lets them share it with others.” Scroll down for their other insights.
#1 Another Human Forgetting That We Share This Planet
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#2 His Beautiful Flower Field Got Trampled By Tourist
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#3 When You Adopt 7 Kids. And Use Them As Trained Pets To Make Money On Youtube
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Subreddit moderator Blank-Cheque said that the internet has opened up a lot of different avenues for shooting to fame and glory through social media. All because of the changes in technology and the commodification of attention. “Seems like there’s more fame to go around now, so it’s easier for people to become briefly famous. Not sure if there are more people doing it but certainly more are successful.”
What’s more, the moderator doesn’t believe that the people featured on the subreddit are giving up their morals in exchange for attention. Rather, “they may not have had them in the first place.”
The ‘Just For Social Media’ online community on Reddit has 97.5k members and, even though they enjoy poking fun at people who are prepared to do pretty much anything for a sackful of silver and their 15 minutes of fame, they have some strict guidelines, too. So no sharing personal information for one, no matter how much you think that person might deserve it.
#4 Killing A Dolphin For Selfies
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#5 He Won A Stupid Prize
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#6 Exploitation, Plain And Simple
According to researchers, social media gives everyone the tools to live a life of constant exposure where they curate their experiences and are more and more worried about their visibility.
Of course, attention has its perks. They’re not just financial. We’re social animals, so we equate attention, likes, comments, and exposure with approval. And we’re hardwired to want approval because that means we’re more likely to not only survive but also thrive. However, there is a darker side to becoming famous on the internet.
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Public opinion can shift at the drop of a hat and the approval you were soaking in just a moment ago can turn into criticism, threats, and even… forcing you to delete your social media accounts. Meanwhile, Psychology Today explains that a careless tweet or a dumb social media post can cost you your job even years down the line.
#7 She Just Had To Get That Shot
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#8 They Basically Made A Pipe Bomb
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#9 Not My Grandma??
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Playing around with fame on social media is a bit like a wish granted to you by the infamous monkey’s paw: be careful what you wish for—because you won’t foresee some of the consequences. Make sure you really want to get famous before you do something dumb for the attention. And remember, your morals are worth more than fleeting fame.
#10 Sexually Assaulting Men For Tiktok
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#11 Dude Is Flexing His Louis Vuitton Bag On Auschwitz Train Tracks
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#12 Apparently An Industrial Car Wash Hurts Human Flesh
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#13 This Dude Filled Up A River Eith Soap And Destroyed The Entire Ecosystem For Some Tiktok Clout And Thinks He Is Funny
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#14 This Girl Makes Tiktok Videos Of Her Forcibly Hugging, Touching Or Trapping Korean Men. This Is Not Okay Behaviour. In All Videos The Men Are Visibly Uncomfortable And Try To Get Away From Her, She Either Follows Them Or Will Not Let Go Of Them…if The Roles Were Reversed There Would Be Outrage
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#15 A Russian Model Risking Her Life For An Instagram Picture
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#16 Parents In China Drag Their Child On Edge Of Hill Just To Take Photos
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#17 Cute Girl… Cute Caption… Wait…
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#18 We Found Another One!
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#19 This Guy Spray Painting Rocks In Yosemite
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#20 What The Actual F*** Was She Trying To Accomplish By Posting This
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#21 This Woman Stomped All Over The Plants In This Conservatory Despite Staff Repeatedly Asking Her To Stop To Get ‘Instagram Model’ Shots. The Area She Is In Is Off Limits
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#22 Gobsmacked
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#23 Taking A Meal Out Of A Restaurant Just To Get The Right Picture For Instagram Likes
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#24 She Says She’s Deathly Allergic To Blackberries And Then Proceeds To Eat One For A Tiktok
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#25 Using Real Reaction Of Divorce For Views
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#26 Someone Definitely Rubbed Fruit All Over This Puppy
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#27 This Kids’s Grandpa Is Actually Dying While He Is Recording A Musically, I Did Some Research, And The Grandpa Died
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#28 There’s About To Be A Body Reported
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#29 Gotta Get That Funeral Shot For The Gram
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#30 Update On The Disgusting Cereal Guy
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#31 Why Would You Even Do That…
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#32 Cutting Your Sons Hair And Making Him Cry For A Tiktok “Prank”
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#33 Piece Of S*** Does A “Gender Revel” And Gets Glitter Everywhere In Home Depot
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#34 Who Even Finds This Funny?
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#35 This Woman Throwing A Chair At Traffic
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#36 Influencers Ordered A Bunch Of Stuff To Take Pictures For The ‘Gram But Didn’t Want To Pay.
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#37 Caught Taking Christmas Pics In Front Of Her Neighbors House
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#38 Hospital
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#39 Influencers Did It Again
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#40 Worth It?
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#41 Number Neighbors
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#42 Going Hiking
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#43 This Guy Swallowed His Classmate’s Airpod, He’s Currently In The ER
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#44 Santa Monica Woman Pretends To Board Up Windows Using A Worker’s Drill For A Photo Then Drives Off In A Mercedes
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#45 These Kids Were Absolutely Not Interested In Making The “Saving African Kids With My Presence” Pose For Instagram
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#46 Destroying A Sand Sculpture
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#47 Check Out Muh Tats Bruh
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#48 Guy Pushes Photographer Into Pond
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#49 Killing Important Farm Insects For A Tiktok
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#50 Purposely Throwing Plastic Straws Into The Lake
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#51 Influencers Visiting Chernobyl With A Photographer And Lighting Team
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#52 Way Too Young Mother Thinks Spraying Daughter In The Face Is Hilarious, And Has Done It More Than Once Per The Caption
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#53 Pretending She Knew This Poor Girl Who Passed Away
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#54 Do People Actually Think This Is Funny?
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#55 He Does All Kinds Of This Stuff On His Tiktok
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#56 Harassing A Taxi Driver Who Is Just Trying To Do His Job
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#57 A Lot Of Social Media “Influencers” Have Been Flocking To Chernobyl Since The TV Show, Recently They Have Taken To Vandalising Items To Get Good Pictures, This Is A Claw From The Crane Used To Dump Material Onto The Open Reactor Core, It’s Highly Irradiated And Some Wanker Went And Painted It
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#58 Youtubers Aren’t The Smartest
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#59 What Challenge Is The Internet On Now?
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#60 Omfg We’re Having So Much Fun Rn
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#61 Ruining Jenga Competitions
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#62 Why Do They Always Have To Do It In Public…
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#63 This Influencer Trying To Get The Perfect Shot
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