never underestimate the power of social
media welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten shocking hashtags we can’t
believe ever happened before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at all the viral
hashtag campaigns that stunned and
surprised us some are horribly appalling
others just left us confused but all are
shocking if you’re looking for the most
hilarious hashtags be sure to check out
our other list number 10
collarbone challenged beauty is one of
the most divisive topics the internet
tackles some days you pop on Instagram
or Twitter to see social media starlets
posting pics of makeup free faces and
cellulite celebrating natural beauty and
ignoring unrealistic pressures and
standards other days this young girl’s
trying to pop a roll of quarters into
their neck the collarbone challenge saw
women show off how thin they are by
fitting a roll of quarters into the gap
that forms behind the collarbone
provided you have the tight skin
required more than just fat shaming and
skinny praising the collarbone challenge
was effectively endorsing eating
disorders I don’t like shaming people
for not being able to do a certain thing
or follow a certain trend number 9 Pizza
Gate the notion of fake news on social
media sites became a key talking point
in 2016 one of the most notable and
definitely most outrageous fake news
stories of 2016 was pizza gate social
media trolls and conspiracy theorists
spread the completely unfounded theory
that comet ping Kong a Washington DC
pizzeria was the hub of a child sex
trafficking ring organized by Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the
rumour escalated to the point where one
avid believers stormed the pizzeria with
a semi-automatic rifle to liberate the
supposedly entrapped children of course
there were no sex slaves the men was
arrested and social media exploded with
talk of pizza gate we all know the only
people who are trapped in a pizza place
are those robots at Chucky Cheese number
eight cut for Bieber this hashtag wasn’t
just shocking it was downright dangerous
it was sparked by a thread on torch and
a
discussion sites that prides itself on
advanced trolling where users wanted to
do passionate Justin Bieber fans into
believing they had to cut themselves to
protest the singers pot smoking habits
and bad-boy ways the site launched a
similar rumor for One Direction fans
cutting to protest zayn leading the band
but it was the Bieber hashtag that
actually gained momentum rocketing first
to the top trending spot in the US and
eventually worldwide number 7 all lives
matter social media is the modern arena
for making your voice heard it also
tends to involve quite a bit of arguing
especially when things turn political
growing in response to the black lives
matter campaign all lives matter added
nothing positive to the discussion if
you don’t have the courage to say every
single solitary life matters that makes
you a political coward worse still it
attempted to drown out the BLM movement
a campaign that itself was spreading a
message of opposition to the tragic
deaths of unarmed black people many
criticized all lives matter tweets for
their openly racist and negative
motivation which overshadowed any
positive messages the hashtag was
attempting to inspire number six dump
Star Wars why would we ever dump star
wars sure the prequel sucked but let’s
get over it it’s all obi-wan spoke
please jealous actually this hashtag had
little to do with the actual film a
small part of the internet turned on the
Star Wars universe after rogue one
screenwriter Chris Weitz tweeted in
opposition to Donald Trump shortly after
the 2016 presidential election white
suggested that Star Wars opposed hate
and white supremacist villainy alluding
to the president often devices message
the alt-right then took to social media
spreading dump Star Wars in an attempt
to promote a boycott of the upcoming
film while the hashtag didn’t go
unnoticed its ultimate goal fails if
Rowan’s billion dollar box office
returns or anything to go by anyway
[Music]
three
number five Hillary for prison so we’re
going to get a special prosecutor and
we’ll get a look into it left-leaning
Millennials aren’t the only ones to
master the hashtag hardline
conservatives also have hashtag er e
down pat even though the results tend to
be a bit less fun and a lot more grim
during the 2016 presidential campaign
twitter was awash in heated tags many of
which targeted Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton following GOP candidate
Donald Trump’s rhetoric the right began
calling for Clinton to be imprisoned
picking up on Trump’s various
accusations and a boast made in passing
vide put her in jail tweet cons called
Clinton out for the email and Benghazi
scandals and held nothing back as they
protested her freedom what’s the best
way to reach you email number four cure
from Miley poor Miley has courted
controversy so often they’re practically
dating but that doesn’t mean she
deserves this sure she has a whole
blurred lines twerking moment and she’s
probably stuck her tongue out far too
many times and aimed it at one too many
dancer butts but she also grew up hyper
analyzed under a very public microscope
hot on the heels of her split with Liam
Hemsworth users of 4chan crafted and
spread the rumor that Miley’s ramped up
sexual appetite led her to contract AIDS
certain parts of the online community
fell for the roof and her fans took to
Twitter tears and all in hopes of
finding a cure number three if they
gunned me down social media offers up
tons of trolling and negativity but it
can also spread incredibly powerful
messages in the wake of several police
shootings of unarmed black people
Twitter took exception to the way the
victims were portrayed on the news isn’t
there a big lesson to be learned there
about his behaviour to selected images
played into black stereotypes portraying
the victims as criminals and thugs
rather than upstanding citizens black
Twitter users responded with this
hashtag posting two photos of themselves
one that played into stereotypes and the
other portraying a difference less
threatening reality the campaign
highlighted institutional racism and
made social media users take a humbling
step back to reflect on inherent bias
number to repeal the 19th in October
2016 a survey was released that indicate
Donald Trump would win the 2016
presidential election if only men voted
right-wing extremists and trolls took
the social media soon after with calls
to repeal the 19th amendment which in
1920 secured women the right to vote
although a horrifying and backward
concept the topics trended not for the
reason you think according to an
analysis by the Washington Post only
around 10 percent of the tweets actually
supported the rhetoric the vast majority
of tweets actually used the hashtag to
lambaste the idea and support feminism
now that’s how you defeat hate number
one rapes Melania
it’s normal that will come up it’s we
are prepared for that we have a thick
skin when a sign reading rape Melania
appeared in photos from an anti Trump
rally an unfortunate and viral hashtag
was born Trump supporters denounced
Clinton supporters for the attack while
Clinton supporters pleaded that the sign
did not represent their views while
opinions were divided on the
authenticity of the photos that debate
was far from the major issue instead
many felt the real problem was Twitter
allowing the hashtag to be used Twitter
responded that they didn’t remove the
hashtag because it was primarily used to
denounce not support sexual assault but
few were satisfied with this response
either way a hashtag outright suggesting
sexual assault trended do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
media welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten shocking hashtags we can’t
believe ever happened before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at all the viral
hashtag campaigns that stunned and
surprised us some are horribly appalling
others just left us confused but all are
shocking if you’re looking for the most
hilarious hashtags be sure to check out
our other list number 10
collarbone challenged beauty is one of
the most divisive topics the internet
tackles some days you pop on Instagram
or Twitter to see social media starlets
posting pics of makeup free faces and
cellulite celebrating natural beauty and
ignoring unrealistic pressures and
standards other days this young girl’s
trying to pop a roll of quarters into
their neck the collarbone challenge saw
women show off how thin they are by
fitting a roll of quarters into the gap
that forms behind the collarbone
provided you have the tight skin
required more than just fat shaming and
skinny praising the collarbone challenge
was effectively endorsing eating
disorders I don’t like shaming people
for not being able to do a certain thing
or follow a certain trend number 9 Pizza
Gate the notion of fake news on social
media sites became a key talking point
in 2016 one of the most notable and
definitely most outrageous fake news
stories of 2016 was pizza gate social
media trolls and conspiracy theorists
spread the completely unfounded theory
that comet ping Kong a Washington DC
pizzeria was the hub of a child sex
trafficking ring organized by Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the
rumour escalated to the point where one
avid believers stormed the pizzeria with
a semi-automatic rifle to liberate the
supposedly entrapped children of course
there were no sex slaves the men was
arrested and social media exploded with
talk of pizza gate we all know the only
people who are trapped in a pizza place
are those robots at Chucky Cheese number
eight cut for Bieber this hashtag wasn’t
just shocking it was downright dangerous
it was sparked by a thread on torch and
a
discussion sites that prides itself on
advanced trolling where users wanted to
do passionate Justin Bieber fans into
believing they had to cut themselves to
protest the singers pot smoking habits
and bad-boy ways the site launched a
similar rumor for One Direction fans
cutting to protest zayn leading the band
but it was the Bieber hashtag that
actually gained momentum rocketing first
to the top trending spot in the US and
eventually worldwide number 7 all lives
matter social media is the modern arena
for making your voice heard it also
tends to involve quite a bit of arguing
especially when things turn political
growing in response to the black lives
matter campaign all lives matter added
nothing positive to the discussion if
you don’t have the courage to say every
single solitary life matters that makes
you a political coward worse still it
attempted to drown out the BLM movement
a campaign that itself was spreading a
message of opposition to the tragic
deaths of unarmed black people many
criticized all lives matter tweets for
their openly racist and negative
motivation which overshadowed any
positive messages the hashtag was
attempting to inspire number six dump
Star Wars why would we ever dump star
wars sure the prequel sucked but let’s
get over it it’s all obi-wan spoke
please jealous actually this hashtag had
little to do with the actual film a
small part of the internet turned on the
Star Wars universe after rogue one
screenwriter Chris Weitz tweeted in
opposition to Donald Trump shortly after
the 2016 presidential election white
suggested that Star Wars opposed hate
and white supremacist villainy alluding
to the president often devices message
the alt-right then took to social media
spreading dump Star Wars in an attempt
to promote a boycott of the upcoming
film while the hashtag didn’t go
unnoticed its ultimate goal fails if
Rowan’s billion dollar box office
returns or anything to go by anyway
[Music]
three
number five Hillary for prison so we’re
going to get a special prosecutor and
we’ll get a look into it left-leaning
Millennials aren’t the only ones to
master the hashtag hardline
conservatives also have hashtag er e
down pat even though the results tend to
be a bit less fun and a lot more grim
during the 2016 presidential campaign
twitter was awash in heated tags many of
which targeted Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton following GOP candidate
Donald Trump’s rhetoric the right began
calling for Clinton to be imprisoned
picking up on Trump’s various
accusations and a boast made in passing
vide put her in jail tweet cons called
Clinton out for the email and Benghazi
scandals and held nothing back as they
protested her freedom what’s the best
way to reach you email number four cure
from Miley poor Miley has courted
controversy so often they’re practically
dating but that doesn’t mean she
deserves this sure she has a whole
blurred lines twerking moment and she’s
probably stuck her tongue out far too
many times and aimed it at one too many
dancer butts but she also grew up hyper
analyzed under a very public microscope
hot on the heels of her split with Liam
Hemsworth users of 4chan crafted and
spread the rumor that Miley’s ramped up
sexual appetite led her to contract AIDS
certain parts of the online community
fell for the roof and her fans took to
Twitter tears and all in hopes of
finding a cure number three if they
gunned me down social media offers up
tons of trolling and negativity but it
can also spread incredibly powerful
messages in the wake of several police
shootings of unarmed black people
Twitter took exception to the way the
victims were portrayed on the news isn’t
there a big lesson to be learned there
about his behaviour to selected images
played into black stereotypes portraying
the victims as criminals and thugs
rather than upstanding citizens black
Twitter users responded with this
hashtag posting two photos of themselves
one that played into stereotypes and the
other portraying a difference less
threatening reality the campaign
highlighted institutional racism and
made social media users take a humbling
step back to reflect on inherent bias
number to repeal the 19th in October
2016 a survey was released that indicate
Donald Trump would win the 2016
presidential election if only men voted
right-wing extremists and trolls took
the social media soon after with calls
to repeal the 19th amendment which in
1920 secured women the right to vote
although a horrifying and backward
concept the topics trended not for the
reason you think according to an
analysis by the Washington Post only
around 10 percent of the tweets actually
supported the rhetoric the vast majority
of tweets actually used the hashtag to
lambaste the idea and support feminism
now that’s how you defeat hate number
one rapes Melania
it’s normal that will come up it’s we
are prepared for that we have a thick
skin when a sign reading rape Melania
appeared in photos from an anti Trump
rally an unfortunate and viral hashtag
was born Trump supporters denounced
Clinton supporters for the attack while
Clinton supporters pleaded that the sign
did not represent their views while
opinions were divided on the
authenticity of the photos that debate
was far from the major issue instead
many felt the real problem was Twitter
allowing the hashtag to be used Twitter
responded that they didn’t remove the
hashtag because it was primarily used to
denounce not support sexual assault but
few were satisfied with this response
either way a hashtag outright suggesting
sexual assault trended do you agree with
our picks check out these other great
clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for
new videos every day
[Music]
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