prank hashtag that turned into confusing trend on twitter

#StartCisShaming

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About

#StartCisShaming refers to a hashtag which originally started as a troll to generate controversy on Twitter. However, once the hashtag began to trend and was seen by people who did not know its original context, it generated controversy and jokes poking fun at cisgender people.

Origin

On December 1st, 2020, Twitter user @floweraiine[1] posted that she felt Twitter was often boring and wanted to try to get something trending with no explanation. She came up with the hashtag #startcisshaming[2] and asked her friends and followers to try and spread the hashtag on the platform (shown below).


@floweraiine sometimes twitter can be so boring (it's not boring at all but sometimes) and we just need to spice it up and i feel like getting something to trend with no explanation behind it would be hilarious twitter.com/floweraiine/st... This Tweet is unavailable. 9:57 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App @floweraiine 000 OK WERE GOING WITH THIS ONE #startcisshaming get it trending and spread the word around your contributions are most helpful 9:59 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Spread

Over the following hours, several users made tongue-in-cheek jokes bullying cisgender people. User @Koisurumiku[3] posted a picture of Hatsune Miku with the phrase, "nice gender loser did your parents pick it out for you?", gaining over 260 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, left). User @avdolkisser[4] posted a joke featuring a picture of Komaeda from Danganronpa, gaining over 50 retweets and 400 likes (shown below, right).


meek @koisurumiku #startcisshaming nice gender loser did your parents pick it out for you? jean e #0 avdol stan @avdolkisser your... cisgener... that is so uncool #startcisshaming

However, as the hashtag began spreading around Twitter, other users not in on the initial intent of the joke began to criticize the hashtag, thinking it was sincere. For example, user @augustchild1[5] posted a But That's None Of My Business meme about the hashtag, thinking it was perhaps a 4chan hoax, gaining over 200 retweets and 2,900 likes (shown below, left). User @chieP4D[6] posted that they felt the hashtag was another excuse for cis people to dislike LGBT people, gaining over 170 retweets and 1,800 likes.


augustschild @augustschild1 000 #startcisshaming seems like a bad attempt by one of the chan sites no create something that conservative online sources can point at for easy demonization. I don't really think most trans friends would see this as anything other than unhelpful trash. GIF 11:27 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App chie satonaka meme 000 @chieP4D serious chie post here please dont hop on this #startcisshaming thing. this just gives cis/straight people another reason to hate Igbt people. i don't want to be grouped with these people Trending in United States #startcisshaming 3,030 Tweets 11:44 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Various Examples


14. van 00 @vanislonely #startcisshaming pov: you tell me you're cis inarizaki Y | Black lives matter, ACAB 000 @chemicataclysm #startcisshaming is trending and here i thought catboyrevolution was the only trending tag id ever care about lol WHAT IF WE KISSED TRANS 7156 6 ON THE DOWN WITH CIS BUS60 11:43 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App Distorsnow 000 @Distorto54 #startcisshaming guys look at this funny man he has a funny hat 12:15 PM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App Kirberus, the Danganronper @kirberus_ 000 #startcisshaming START CISS HAMING 11:59 AM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter for Android KEQING HAVER !!!!! (REAL) KAEYA DAY @CATGIRLISM society if cis people got their asses out of trans people jokes #startcisshaming 12:03 PM · Dec 1, 2020 · Twitter Web App Fernando el wey dibujante @1weykdibuja 00 #startcisshaming F--- this hashtag, no one should be shamed for their gender. Here, have a pic of kirby with sunglasses. Peace.

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External References

[1] Twitter – floweraiine

[2] Twitter – floweraiine

[3] Twitter – @koisurumiku

[4] Twitter – @avdolkisser

[5] Twitter – augustschild1

[6] Twitter – @chieP4D

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