#10YearChallenge: Everything you need to know

We are no longer just citizens we are netizens who use the Internet for socialising online In todays digital age social media platforms have emerged as the biggest medium of communication among netizens and trends have becomea popular fad to engage audiencesEvery now and then a trend pops up on social media and we are lured to keep up with it While some trends are weird where a picture of an egg becomes the most liked picture on Instagram beating socialite Kylie Jenners picture with her baby girl there are trends that set the internet on fireBy the way have you taken the 10yearchallenge yet Its one of the latest challenges that has taken the internet by stormWhat is a 10year challengeThe challenge involves sharing a selfpicture from ten years ago alongside a current picture and comparing the two To understand better let us see the example belowPic courtesy Karan Johars InstagramAlthough the 10yearchallenge as been used the most number of times the same challenge is also taken by different names like Howharddidageinghityou challenge and Glowup challenge How did it startThe buzz about the 10year challenge started in late 2018 on social media The challenge was started on Facebook It is believed that the first person who took the challenge was Damon Lane who is the chief meteorologist for KOCO News 5 in OklahomaThe likely reason behind the trend gaining popularity was that most of us love to see how we have transformed over the years like how one used to look earlier and how one looks nowThe ControversyWhat initially was nostalgic and a good throwback for people later revealed its sinister side Kate OrsquoNeill a tech journalist halfjokingly suggested on Twitter that the data from these pictures could be used to train facial recognition algorithms and make them better at age prediction Also the data could help advertisers in creating digital marketing advertisements that are more aligned with what one is buyingMe 10 years ago probably would have played along with the profile picture aging meme going around on Facebook and InstagramMe now ponders how all this data could be mined to train facial recognition algorithms on age progression and age recognitionmdash Kate ONeill kateo January 12 2019Speculations increased so much so that Facebook had to release a statement saying that the tenyear challenge was only a representation of the fun people have on Facebook and there was no other ulterior motive behind it It said The 10year challenge is a usergenerated meme that started on its own without our involvement It is evidence of the fun people have on Facebook and thatrsquos itThe 10 year challenge is a usergenerated meme that started on its own without our involvement Itrsquos evidence of the fun people have on Facebook and thatrsquos itmdash Facebook facebook January 16 2019Some of my acquaintances have posted heartwarming stories of coming out and from being an awkward college going girl to being an aspiring influencer and weight loss transformation as wellFamous celebrities who took up the challengeThe challenge was taken by many celebrities Right from everyone in Bollywood to KPop groups to Rajinikanth and the Prime Minister of Singapore2009 to 2019 the GoodNews is that not much has changed or so we hope First day of shoot it is do send in your best wishesAcircu00c2u008f10YearChallengeKareenaKapoorKhan karanjohar apoorvamehta18 raj_a_mehta DharmaMovies CapeOfGoodFilms ShashankKhaitan pictwittercomXvdlCmPtV1mdash Akshay Kumar akshaykumar January 23 201910YearChallenge I kid myself that not much has changed after 10 yrs other than my hair colour amp hair line My hair is greyer amp thinner but Irsquom still enjoying what I do ndash LHL httpstcoJXpgLH9Y93 pictwittercome8HbbBVsVMmdash Lee Hsien Loong leehsienloong January 17 2019Pic courtesy Sonam Kapoors InstagramSometime earlier the Kiki challenge had gone viral which involved people dancing along a moving car to the tune of Canadian rapper Drakes song In my feelings Before that the Fitness Challenge had kept people occupied As part of this challenge people used to share their workout videos on social media It was also taken by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi The challenge was started by Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to spread awareness about fitness Another social media challenge which really caught the attention of the people was the Ice bucket challenge This was the longest challenge as it continued for four years People would dump a bucket of ice and water on their heads to raise awareness about the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS disease Along with this challenge something that went viral was memes and that too hilarious ones Memes have also portrayed things which never seem to change and take a dig at the relationship status of some celebrities Check out a few of them belowIrsquove come so far 10YearChallenge pictwittercomLw8tVRMyPUmdash 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acircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0098AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0085 Cianan_1 January 23 2019Pic courtesy Celebrity Bulletins InstagramPic courtesy Lollerbladings InstagramBut before we blame anybody else for surveillance itrsquos important that we raise questions on our behaviour So many people have taken the challenge without thinking about the cons of it For a matter of few likes and comments we are ready to leak important information Letrsquos accept that apart from your parents nobody else cares how you looked like ten years ago So donrsquot take the challenge and leave your digital marks on the World Wide WebCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates