Breaking News the youtuber “Dream” has died today

With 15.3 million subscribers on YouTube, Dream is adored by his fans. So, when a rumour started spreading on Twitter that he had died, social media users went into panic mode.

Don’t worry, Dream isn’t actually dead, it was all fake news. And he’s even reacted to his own death hoax in a sarcastic tweet.

So why exactly was #RIPDream trending on Twitter? Let’s find out.

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DREAM WAS DOXXED AT THE WEEKEND
The death rumours descend back to last weekend when Dream was doxxed online.

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It all started when the YouTuber promised that he’d do a face reveal on Mr Beast’s YouTube rewind event on January 1st. However, the face reveal turned out to be fake and Dream kept his identity concealed.

In retaliation, a group of social media users decided to ‘dox’ Dream, which essentially means searching for and publishing private or identifying information about someone on the internet, typically with malicious intent.

Dream posted a photo of his kitchen to his second Twitter account, and some fans decided to use the image to find out exactly where he lives. Someone found his house through the online real estate site Zillow and compromised his privacy by posting his home address online.

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#RIPDREAM TRENDS ON TWITTER
Days after he was doxxed, the hashtag #RIPDream started trending on Twitter as social media users began to fake his death, but why?

Well, the hashtag was allegedly started by a group of social media users who were not fans of Dream and wanted to take the dox one step further.

A few fake news articles then started appearing that allegedly ‘confirmed’ his death, however, these were all false.

Many fans who were not familiar with the dox then started believing the death rumours, but Dream ended the hoax once and for all when he tweeted about it himself.

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