Daily Mail Social Experiments

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No link... I saw it on Twitter...

So, the DM 'journalists' pretended to drown a bag of puppies to see if anyone would stop them...

Am I the only one who hates these social experiments? I'd be raging if my face was printed in the DM without my approval!

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Why give them the publicity by naming them?

Use of MN by the DM is a social experiment.

I saw that on Twitter as well. Like the person who tweeted it said - what the fuck are they on at the Mail?!

I wish people would stop posting about them on here.

Yes, maybe I shouldn't have posted it... But I was bloody shocked! How could anyone think that this 'experiment' was a good idea? Let alone 'journalism'!

Mmmm my teenage dds quite definatly would have attacked him physically and I know I would have. Stupid arse

A good social experiment would be to see a DM journalist shaming someone and then see if people stand up to them.

I'm just going to leave this here

Yes, I'd like to think that I would have stepped in too. Although I would not be happy to have my face in the Daily Mail!

And then what would have happened if he was punched for example and it all turned out to be fake?

Exactly Soubriquet. There could be all kinds of dangerous consequences.

I also saw one recently where they sent some poor kid out onto the streets with no shoes or coat to sit at a bus stop. If that had been me - and I'm sure lots of others - I'd have been on the phone to the police. What a waste of their time.

They get even more clicks if he gets punched. If he gets beaten to death they'd be thrilled.

I hate social experiments.

I hate the "social experiments" too, whoTheever does them. They film a bunch of people, but then select the ones they will make public to fit whatever message/ trend they want to put forward.

You can prove absolutely anything with a so-called "social experiments", some just take longer than others to film.

I do read the DM (online) but didn't even click on the article, it's too stupid. (the only way to send any kind of message to them is to not click on an article, and hope others will do the same).

YANBU, i hate those "social" experiments especially when done for clicks. This could have backfired spectacularly on the journos and they could have ended up getting a hammering as pointed out by pp.

Oh my! Yes I would have phoned the police if I saw a lost toddler!