Sadfishing: A toxic social media trend you should know about
Many are guilty of using sadfishing today, while this toxic trend is said to be spread by celebrities we look upon
New Delhi: As technology is emerging people are becoming more and more dependent on social media, whether it’s about consuming various news or sharing one’s feelings.
Social media is the only convenient platform for most of us to express ourselves. In the present times, show-off appears to be the new trend among millennials.
Faking the emotion is so popular that platforms like Instagram to Snapchat have introduced a crying filter.
Amid such fake and virtual trends, here we’ve brought you some information about a new trend in the market – Sadfishing, also known as catfishing.
Catfishing is taking sympathies from the people on the web by faking mental trauma or faking emotions.
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Sadfishing term was first used by actor and media personality ‘Kendall Jenner’, she posted a picture of her in which she talked about her acne problem. Later in 2019 several newspaper and channels started picking up the term.
There is no significant reason a person does ‘Castfishing’. Some call that it is a practice to highlight the issue among the people which creates anxiety and panic among people. Other share these information to provoke readers.
Many are guilty of using sadfishing today, while this toxic trend is said to be spread by celebrities we look upon.
It is very difficult to identify which post is creating catfishing and which is awaring people.
Sometimes people share their personal health problems, and many on the internet begin calling it a result of Sadfishing.
Despite being a new term, it can have negative impact on both – the people and the one who is reading or watching it.