Teen admits he punched random strangers in park for social media clout YouTube: KHOU 11A teen admitted to punching random strangers in a Texas park to gain fame on social media, saying he \u201cjust made a mistake.\u201d Social media is one of the primary ways folks interact with the world these days \u2014 but sometimes, it feels like using social apps can be somewhat addicting. In fact, evidence suggests that getting likes and follows on social platforms can activate the \u201csame reward centers in the brain triggered by addictions to chemical compounds.\u201d Going viral on social media can result in international recognition from users all over the world, scoring a person likes, follows, and attention\u2026 but not every way that people go about getting this attention is positive. For instance, we\u2019ve covered a slew of \u2018pranks\u2019 that have gone sideways here at Dexerto, with influencers hoping to get views by pulling over-the-top practical jokes that have ended in major injuries and even landed them in legal trouble. Now, another user has admitted to harming random strangers in a park to gain likes and attention online. Teen \u201cregrets\u201d punching strangers for social media clout 19-year-old Alford Lewis was filmed running up on at least two strangers in Houston\u2019s Wortham Park, punching them in the head on a walking trail. The videos were shared locally via the Nextdoor app and quickly went viral. The teen says this was part of a stunt to make it big online, claiming that he \u201cshook the man\u2019s hand and gave him a hug\u201d afterwards \u2014 a statement that has not been verified. However, Lewis says he regrets the stunt, saying he \u201cmade a mistake\u201d and warned others about the dangers of pulling off similar so-called \u2018pranks.\u2019 \u201cI just made a mistake, and everybody makes mistakes,\u201d he told local news outlet KHOU 11. \u201c\u2026I really didn\u2019t expect for it to go so left, you know.\u201d \u201cBefore you go out and you do anything that you feel is bad, or that could look bad, make sure that people know, or, just don\u2019t do it at all.\u201d According to KHOU 11\u2019s reports, Lewis is now facing charges of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and assault. This is just the latest \u201cprank\u201d to come under fire from netizens after rapper Ice-T\u2019s son was caught cutting off a woman\u2019s hair during a Twitch stream as part of an ill-received practical joke earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Teen admits he punched random strangers in park for social media clout YouTube: KHOU 11A teen admitted to punching random strangers in a Texas park to gain fame on social media, saying he \u201cjust made a mistake.\u201d Social media is one of the primary ways folks interact with the world these days \u2014 but sometimes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}