Seeka 12,372 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Warning, picture of Momo in article and in post. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/02/momo-challenge-hoax/583825/ Mother Bird by Keisuke Aisawa, aka the infamous 'Momo' To any concerned parents reading this: Do not worry. The “Momo challenge” is a recurring viral hoaxthat has been perpetuated by local news stations and scared parents around the world. This entire cycle of shock, terror, and outrage about Momo even took place before, less than a year ago: Last summer, local news outlets across the country reported that the Momo challenge was spreading among teens via WhatsApp. The Momo challenge wasn’t real then, and it isn’t real now. YouTube confirmed that, contrary to press reports, it hasn’t seen any evidence of videos showing or promoting the “Momo challenge” on its platform. “Momo” itself is an innocuous sculpture created by the artist Keisuke Aisawa for the Japanese special-effects company Link Factory. The real title of the artwork is Mother Bird, and it was on display at Tokyo’s horror-art Vanilla Gallery back in 2016. After some Instagram photos of the exhibit were posted to the subreddit Creepy, it spread, and the “Momo challenge” urban legend was born. The so-called Blue Whale challenge supposedly asked kids to complete a series of tasks that culminated in suicide. The trend later turned out to be a hoax. All of these challenges and trends follow the same formula: A local news station runs a piece overstating a dangerous teen trend. Concerned parents flock to social media to spread the word. Actual teenagers and anyone else who lives their life Extremely Online mock them for their naïveté. Brands and influencers hop on the trend, parodying it and exploiting it for their own gain. And trolls take advantage of those who believe it’s real, often by creating and posting content that seemingly confirms parents’ worst fears. These trends are “part of a moral panic, fueled by parents’ fears in wanting to know what their kids are up to,” Benjamin Radford, a folklorist and research fellow at the Committee for Skeptic Inquiry, told Rolling Stone. And spreading them can actually end up causing harm. The internet is profoundly changing kids’ lives in ways that we have yet to understand, and it makes sense that parents want to keep their children safe. But “Momo” isn’t what they need protection from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrante 10,008 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 people really believed that's real? Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borislshere 53,665 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I don't think the "warning" works when the picture is so large and at the top of the post anyway, wbk. I'm not sure why people were actually believing this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEDRUG 11,336 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Me and my friends just joke about Momo now Every time someone's phone rings in class, everyone shouts "It's Momo!" Good to hear it's a hoax tho "through all the tears and all the lies, i'm gonna dance until i feel alright" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,734 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I think it’s better if u just put the pic in a spoiler lol please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judaz 783 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 My little brothers got a letter from school today warning parents about it.i hadn't even heard of it till then and all the letter has done is make kids talk about it more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,525 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 But what about the kids that died and the police confirmed that it's this challenge, they found evidences and stuff? For some reason I don't believe Youtube, they tend to deny everything that would make them problem or look bad.. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan 20,890 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 That picture really bothers me and I don’t know why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 This has been happening since last year, and it is real. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Seeka said: YouTube confirmed that, contrary to press reports, it hasn’t seen any evidence of videos showing or promoting the “Momo challenge” on its platform. umm so youtube is saying my crying and scared daughter was lying to me when she said that thing jumped in the middle of the program she was watching as a commercial? I can’t prove what it was saying, any harmful stuff, because she doesn’t remember, but she has seen it and I am controlling what she’s watching! other kids have seen it too and have nightmares because of it. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emigrante 10,008 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: This has been happening since last year, and it is real. ? Sugar, spice, and everything nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaye Monster 8,809 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Real or not that picture is f**king creepy I'm an ARTPOP bitch, baby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Emigrante said: ? Just look at an example above you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMENiCURE 9,381 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 how do people find momo scary lmao whenever i see it, i completely lose my laughter because of how horrible it looks real or not, i do hope no lives are taken because of this stupid thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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