When Celebrity/Influencer Culture Becomes a Death Trap

If there’s anything social media has taught us — it’s how the unyielding quest for internet stardom can inspire the most sinister aspects of human nature, for those who will literally sell their souls for an abundance of “likes,” and the risk takers, who are willing to die for the honor of eye-popping scrapbooks that serve as evidence of an unforgivable era.

There are no limitations for thrill seekers who are never satisfied with raised bars that can always be higher, each time.

Not too long ago, we used to be periodically deluged with disturbing headlines both on the evening news and trending sections of social platforms about the tragic deaths of influencers positioned all over the globe, who took their love of adventure to the far limits that ultimately ended with their last selfies on earth.

It’s fair to assume that this phenomenon will be thoroughly investigated by historians in the decades to come, who will hopefully be armed and ready to approach the subject of how social media became the undoing of humanity with the damning assistance of humans.

Until then, we have the insider track into what’s currently unfolding, thanks to unfiltered access into the extensively filtered universe of influencers, via documentaries like Fake Famous that scathingly showcases the lengths…