The photo of Justin Bieber smoking a joint – Source: Tmz.com
This isn't the first time 4Chan has made fun of Bieber fans. Earlier, they broke the rumor that Bieber had cancer and that real fans should shave their heads to support Bieber. Now, the joke has gone viral again. #Cut4Bieber is now a trending topic in the United States.
Law of Incorrect Tweets
It is one of the dark sides of social media ( read the new trend report about list to data the dark sides of social media and the way-out here). Mass hysteria combined with sensationalism. Here too, the Law of Incorrect Tweets comes into play. People are often more interested in incorrect information than in the correction that follows. For example, actor Jeff Goldblum was once wrongly declared dead by a newspaper in New Zealand. He was said to have died after a fatal fall on the film set. The correction to this news came quite quickly, but on Twitter the bad news continued to dominate. Eventually, Goldblum had to appear on The Colbert Report to quell the rumor mill. Hopefully this meme will die a quick death.