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Prompted by users of website 4chan, Bieber fans known as Beliebers were encouraged to take to Twitter and post pictures of themselves self-harming with the hashtag “CutForBieber,” to demonstrate how upset they were about the pictures.
The campaign was started by some terrible internet trolls on 4chan, a site that hosts a number of bulletin boards where members can post pretty much anything they like.
On a board that has now been removed, one user wrote: “Lets start a cut yourself for Bieber campaign. Tweet a bunch of pics of people cutting themselves and claim we did it because Bieber was smoking weed.”
Whilst some Twitter users found the #CutForBieber hashtag amusing, it made others more than a little angry.
The most high profile tweeter to react to the sick campaign was Miley Cyrus, who retweeted: “#cutforbieber? Cutting is NOT something to joke about. There are people who are actually suffering from self-harm, this is so disrespectful.”
Following the publication of the controversial images, the teen popstar himself took to Twitter to write a series of emotional tweets, with the singer revealing that he was “growing”, “learning” and didn’t want to “let any of you down.”
jb im i was your number 1 fan i looked up 2 u untill u o let me down :c. all my life my mom nd dad were pot heads u where the one person i looked up to my family down the drain now soon u will end up like them i wish the best 4 u im 13 now and im going the same way help fans like me help me look up 2 u my wish woulb be if i saw u in real life and talk to you
