Justin Bieber fans have proven themselves a force to be reckoned with, but some might have gone too far by participating in a maliciously false trending topic that sparked outrage Monday night.
The hashtag #Cut4Bieber began trending, suggesting that dedicated Beliebers engage in self-harm through cutting themselves in order to get Justin’s attention in response to his recent alleged bad boy behavior.
“Lets start a cut yourself for bieber campaign,” an anonymous user initially wrote before the thread was deleted, according to Billboard. “Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because bieber was smoking weed. See if we can get some little girls to cut themselves.”
The onslaught of potentially real self-harm photos was cause for alarm for thousands of tweeters, including fellow singer Miley Cyrus.
“Don’t blame this on Justin, it’s his life no one else’s!” she initially wrote. “So stop with this #Cut4Bieber self harming is serious.” She then deleted that, and replaced it with a poignant retweet. (NY Daily News)
