The Internet has been a place where people can access various information in just one click, but it has also been a space where false information and bizarre challenges go viral within seconds.
Tiktok is a platform where various funny to bizarre challenges goes viral, and many videos are made by the users on the app. Recently the Porcelain Challenge has been going viral on the Tiktok platform.
The challenge was initiated just to make it viral, and it has been going viral. Similarly, various media outlets have also made the challenge a topic of their news.
Let’s learn more about the challenge and how it went viral.
What Is Porcelain TikTok Challenge?
Porcelain Challenge has taken TikTok and the internet by storm. This challenge has been so viral that people are breaking their porcelain-made cups, chinaware, and plates.
But the challenge has been done mainly by kids, which is a matter of concern. In the challenge, people are seen breaking their porcelain-made products; some even broke their grandmother’s porcelain plates and cups.
Not only are people breaking it, but after making the porcelain products into fine granules or powdered form, they are sniffing it. This is a health concern for people as inhaling porcelain powder may have various consequences.
But you will be shocked to discover that this challenge was initiated as a hoax challenge to make it go viral by a tiktok user named Sebastian Durfee.
Sebastian is an internet comedian and TikTok creator. He made the Porcelain Challenge, a fictitious challenge in his account, @childprogeny but has been removed from it due to the supposedly violating community guidelines.
Before the video was removed, it went viral as his hashtag #PorcelainChallenge got millions of views. His account has also been permanently banned from the tiktok.
The TikTok creator shared that he didn’t get any prior notification or information regarding his account getting banned by Tiktok.
Fox News Story About The Trend, Porcelain TikTok Challenge
The porcelain Tiktok challenge was more viral when FOX News made it a news story. But as the story about the trend covered by the renowned FOX News channel.
The FOX News channel did not cover it in real. But to convince people that the hoax challenge was real, the tiktok creator, Sebastian Durfee, created a fake Fox News report video and uploaded it to his now removed tiktok account.
In his video, it could be seen that FOX News reported the challenge with the headline, “What’s the Porcelain challenge? A new TikTok trend encourages teenagers to snort powder chinaware.”
His video about FOX News reporting the challenge also went viral and garnered million of views on his account. After his account got banned, the tiktok creator is active through his alternative account, sebastian_spams.
Through his alternative account, he informed that Tiktok had banned his account on October 8. He is still active and making videos on his alternative account.
How To Do The Porcelain TikTok Challenge?
Tiktok is a platform where various songs and challenges go viral. Due to the challenges and dance moves being the trend, people of all ages are seen doing in the platform.
People were seen doing challenges like the Milk Crate Challenge, where people climbed up stacks of plastic milk crates. Similarly, challenge like Duct Tape challenges in which people taped themselves tightly to a chair and tried to escape like Harry Houdini.
The most talked about challenges in 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge, was initiated as a fund-raiser for A.L.S. research, and many notable people participated in this challenge.
This challenge was one of the memorable ones in which people were seen doing the challenge by dumping a bucket of ice-cold water on themselves, calling on friends to do the same, and donating money for A.L.S research.
This challenge created millions of dollars for research which was one of the good things about this challenge, but the same cannot be said about the viral hoax challenge, Porcelain TikTok Challenge.
This challenge is easy to do but is hazardous to health since it is a hoax challenge.
You can do the challenge by following the given steps.
- First, you need to have porcelain-made stuff like plates or cups.
- Then you need to break those stuff into fine powdered form.
- After it is formed into powdered form, you need to sniff the powder.
This challenge is harmful to health, so please don’t try to do it. Many tiktok users have shared their views regarding this challenge, and one of the tiktok users shared that when she tried one of the tiktok challenges, it was bizarre.
So, why people, mainly kids are, doing this challenge which is bizarre and harmful to health. Similarly, one tiktok user named Harlie shared that she was hospitalized after doing the challenge.