The Florida Man Challenge may have begun as an innocent social experiment but people are being warned to steer clear from it now. All you have to do is google “Florida Man”, along with your birthday and see what outrageous news happened on that day.
This ridiculous idea originally started on Tumblr when @gandalfsoda posted this “personality game” last March 12.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) March 21, 2019
EVERYBODY google “florida man” followed by your birthday (florida man august 22) and tell me what you get. mine is Florida Man tries to attack neighbor with tractor
— swervin merv (@g_pratimaaa) March 19, 2019
Where do I collect my prize? #floridaman pic.twitter.com/kkxyQeTPns
— Patrick Joy (@JetSet024) March 21, 2019
The reason why you should steer clear is that if you are posting in response to the Florida Man Challenge publicly, it offers others an opportunity for bad actors to collect information that includes your birth date – just one more tool they can use to attempt to socially engineer their way into your accounts.
Make sure of one thing guys, not everything is always fun and games on social media, so be careful guys!
