Summary
Nathan Fielder, star of "Nathan For You," asked his Twitter followers to (accidentally) text their parents offering drugs. Twitter has many uses and Fielder used it to get entertainment from his followers. The author believes it is art, "How can one not commend Nathan Fielder for creating art in action with the help merely of his followers, their phones and their parents?" Fielder presented his followers with a simple request: text their parents accidentally that they had drugs for sale ("got 2 grams for $40") and to screenshot their reactions. The reactions were various and all over the place. Some parents were confused and had no idea what their child was talking about, some revealed how self-centered they are, one mom thought her son was offering money to his grandma and there were many threats.
Reason for choosing this article
I chose this article because I usually find experiments interesting, especially when they have to do with technology. I have no idea who Nathan Fielder is, but Twitter and experiment caught my eye. I decided on this article because I have never heard of someone using their Twitter followers to make entertainment.
Personal and Social Values at stake and ethical implications
I can't believe Fielder. I have never heard of him before this article and I already don't like him. This is incredibly unethical. He is using his followers on Twitter to give him entertainment. I think it is so sad that he relies on his fans for this. He is so selfish and disrespectful for doing this. I'm sure he knows parents don't like drugs, so why scare them with making them believe that their child is a drug dealer? According to some of the followers' posts, it sounds like some of them might have actually gotten in trouble. One mother threatened to take her child back to rehab and another threatened to disown their child. I believe this post proves that Fielder does drugs due to the language he had them use. I don't think many people know what that means. If I was one of his followers on Twitter, I would have immediately made myself not one of his followers anymore. Fielder's experiment is disgusting and I hope he lost some fans from this post.
Credibility of its sources
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. Chris got his information directly from the source, from Fielder's Twitter page.
Nathan Fielder, star of "Nathan For You," asked his Twitter followers to (accidentally) text their parents offering drugs. Twitter has many uses and Fielder used it to get entertainment from his followers. The author believes it is art, "How can one not commend Nathan Fielder for creating art in action with the help merely of his followers, their phones and their parents?" Fielder presented his followers with a simple request: text their parents accidentally that they had drugs for sale ("got 2 grams for $40") and to screenshot their reactions. The reactions were various and all over the place. Some parents were confused and had no idea what their child was talking about, some revealed how self-centered they are, one mom thought her son was offering money to his grandma and there were many threats.
Reason for choosing this article
I chose this article because I usually find experiments interesting, especially when they have to do with technology. I have no idea who Nathan Fielder is, but Twitter and experiment caught my eye. I decided on this article because I have never heard of someone using their Twitter followers to make entertainment.
Personal and Social Values at stake and ethical implications
I can't believe Fielder. I have never heard of him before this article and I already don't like him. This is incredibly unethical. He is using his followers on Twitter to give him entertainment. I think it is so sad that he relies on his fans for this. He is so selfish and disrespectful for doing this. I'm sure he knows parents don't like drugs, so why scare them with making them believe that their child is a drug dealer? According to some of the followers' posts, it sounds like some of them might have actually gotten in trouble. One mother threatened to take her child back to rehab and another threatened to disown their child. I believe this post proves that Fielder does drugs due to the language he had them use. I don't think many people know what that means. If I was one of his followers on Twitter, I would have immediately made myself not one of his followers anymore. Fielder's experiment is disgusting and I hope he lost some fans from this post.
Credibility of its sources
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. Chris got his information directly from the source, from Fielder's Twitter page.