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The Blue Whale Challenge --Fact or Fiction???
We all have heard about the famous Blue whale challenge....... but those who don't know what it was.... The "Blue Whale challenge" was an online "suicide game" aimed at teenagers which set 50 tasks over 50 days. The challenge was alleged to be linked to numerous deaths around the world.
The challenge was alleged to have started in Russia, but reports of it soon spread to other countries like Ukraine , India and the United States.
Hundreds of deaths were reported to be linked to the so-called "suicide game". It was very dangerous because it was destroying the country's future that is teenagers and children...... their already disturned mind was further manipulated by the challenge and hence the destruction took place.....
But closer investigation has revealed something curious. The game, at least as it was initially reported, doesn't seem to have existed at all.
Very few people know about the original story about the game.... many of us know the things we heard from somewhere but do we really know what was the root cause or why was this game started.........so let's just start with the original story....
THE ORIGINAL STORY...
The story of the Blue Whale challenge began with a gir, Rina Palenkova.
On 22 November 2015, Rina, a teenager living in Russia, posted a selfie. In the photo she is standing outside. A black scarf is wrapped around her mouth and nose. She is sticking her middle finger up at the camera. It looks like it's covered in dried blood.The photo's caption read: "Nya bye". The next day, she took her own life.
Rina's death was discussed in a certain type of chat room hosted by Russia's largest social network VKontakte. And this is where everything started.......
Scary stories were exchanged. The spookiness of these stories came from how real they seemed, something often achieved through fake pictures or doctored footage.
It was in these groups, where the line between fact and fiction was often blurred, that users posted feverishly about Rina. In some instances, they praised her.......yes, praised her for ending her life, which is really......really gross.
I mean why would you encourage such things?? Further more Videos claiming to be her final moments were posted online. And we all know the reason....... Getting attention..... right?
But amid the rumours, there was a problem.
"Nobody actually knew the true story behind her suicide," says Daria Radchenko, a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration who has looked into the so-called Blue Whale challenge.
And shortly thereafter, Rina's story merged with other stories of teenage suicide.
On Christmas Day 2015, 12-year-old Angelina Davydova killed herself in the Russian city of Ryazan. A little over a fortnight later, so did 'Diana Kuznetsova', a teenager from the same city.
When the parents examined the online accounts left behind by their daughters, they found something curious - the two girls were part of similar online groups.
In these groups were drawings of Rina Palenkova, posts about suicide and numerous mentions of blue whales.
But we all have questions.... why...
The challenge was alleged to have started in Russia, but reports of it soon spread to other countries like Ukraine , India and the United States.
Hundreds of deaths were reported to be linked to the so-called "suicide game". It was very dangerous because it was destroying the country's future that is teenagers and children...... their already disturned mind was further manipulated by the challenge and hence the destruction took place.....
But closer investigation has revealed something curious. The game, at least as it was initially reported, doesn't seem to have existed at all.
Very few people know about the original story about the game.... many of us know the things we heard from somewhere but do we really know what was the root cause or why was this game started.........so let's just start with the original story....
THE ORIGINAL STORY...
The story of the Blue Whale challenge began with a gir, Rina Palenkova.
On 22 November 2015, Rina, a teenager living in Russia, posted a selfie. In the photo she is standing outside. A black scarf is wrapped around her mouth and nose. She is sticking her middle finger up at the camera. It looks like it's covered in dried blood.The photo's caption read: "Nya bye". The next day, she took her own life.
Rina's death was discussed in a certain type of chat room hosted by Russia's largest social network VKontakte. And this is where everything started.......
Scary stories were exchanged. The spookiness of these stories came from how real they seemed, something often achieved through fake pictures or doctored footage.
It was in these groups, where the line between fact and fiction was often blurred, that users posted feverishly about Rina. In some instances, they praised her.......yes, praised her for ending her life, which is really......really gross.
I mean why would you encourage such things?? Further more Videos claiming to be her final moments were posted online. And we all know the reason....... Getting attention..... right?
But amid the rumours, there was a problem.
"Nobody actually knew the true story behind her suicide," says Daria Radchenko, a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration who has looked into the so-called Blue Whale challenge.
And shortly thereafter, Rina's story merged with other stories of teenage suicide.
On Christmas Day 2015, 12-year-old Angelina Davydova killed herself in the Russian city of Ryazan. A little over a fortnight later, so did 'Diana Kuznetsova', a teenager from the same city.
When the parents examined the online accounts left behind by their daughters, they found something curious - the two girls were part of similar online groups.
In these groups were drawings of Rina Palenkova, posts about suicide and numerous mentions of blue whales.
But we all have questions.... why...
