Will the trashtag challenge really get 'bored teens' offline and cleaning up the planet?
Garbage on a beach. By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 12 at 3:43 PM Oftentimes, news stories with the words “teenager” and “challenge” reveal some dangerous thing teens are daring each other to do, all for views online.
“Here is a new #challenge for all you bored teens,” Román wrote. “Take a photo of an area that needs some cleaning or maintenance, then take a photo after you have done something about it, and post it.” Even as the identity — or intentions — of the person in the photo remains a mystery, Román’s Facebook post continued to spread. By Tuesday, it had been shared more than 323,000 times and drawn a couple dozen comments, most from social media users who appeared to be adults discussing ways to get teens into it.“Not just for teens,” another replied. “Let’s go humanity...”
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