[SHARE] STOP Sharing Flappy Bird Creator's Suicide News. It's A Lie.
A widely circulating report says Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird, has committed suicide after taking down the insanely popular free app.
By Sadho Ram — 11 Feb 2014, 03:10 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
The news of Flappy Bird's creator's death has been spreading like wildfire on social networking platforms, twitter is abuzz with questions over his death
“So did the Flappy Bird creator really kill himself or did the internet lie to me again,” a tweet read, while others noted that popularity of the game was what caused Dong’s death.
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“Rest in Peace to the creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen. Committed suicide this morning because of the death threats and to much publicity.”
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“The creator of flappy bird committed suicide bc of death threats for the game If you don't like it then don't play it and shut your mouth,” another message read.
ibtimes.co.inBut the circulating report that says Dong Nguyen has committed suicide after taking down the insanely popular free app is nothing but just a humourless rumour
This picture taken on February 5, 2014 shows Nguyen Ha Dong, the author of the game Flappy Bird relaxing inside a coffee shop in Hanoi.
Image via wordpress.comThe poorly written article, with a dateline in San Francisco (Nguyen lives in Hanoim Vietnam), also claims 7 others across the country have taken their own lives in “Flappy Bird”-related suicides
The site describes itself as “a combination of real shocking news and satire news to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief.”
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A previous article posted to Huzlers.com alleged that a Chicago teen was arrested this weekend for killing his own brother over a high score in the insanely popular iOS and Android game, Flappy Bird. The article was a hoax.
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The reports follow an explosion of anger on Twitter and Facebook after Nguyen, claiming “Flappy Bird” “ruined my simple life,” took the game down on Sunday.
Tweets purportedly from Nguyen himself were the basis for suicide rumour. However, the tweets did not come from Nguyen, whose last message was posted on Sunday.
While some of the death threats were aimed at Dong himself, some players said they would kill themselves if Flappy Bird was removed from app stores.
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