A YouTuber spreads the news that all accounts of Fortnite will be deleted on July 6th. Some people seem to really believe it, but Epic’s PR chief just shakes his head.
What kind of video is it? The YouTuber Landon has 2.7 million followers on YouTube. On June 12th, a video titled “AntiSnow will delete all Fortnite accounts” (July 6th) was released.
The video has now over a million views.
The video revolves around deciphering mysterious messages from a super hacker. The coding is based on biblical quotes and letter codes. As everyone knows, super hackers only communicate in code and with biblical quotes.
There is even a legend about a battle between good and evil in the world of Fortnite hackers. The attacking hacker might be a former Fortnite admin who has dedicated himself to the dark side, the YouTuber speculates.
Ultimately, it comes down to this mysterious super hacker hacking into Epic’s systems and deleting all Fortnite accounts on July 6th.
This fits because Epic will be on vacation until July 8th – and therefore no one will be home on July 6th to take care of the accounts.
This is what Epic says: Someone actually contacted Epic’s PR chief directly on Twitter: They are so scared; they say all Fortnite accounts will be deleted on July 6th.
Chester says: That’s not true and simply ridiculous.
This is being discussed: While the video seems to resonate with the young audience on YouTube, as it already has 57,000 likes, it is not the same in other social media.
On reddit people are making fun of the video. People find it amusing that someone really believes such a thing. They think that especially “the kids on YouTube” fall for such things.
However, some are also asking there a bit more cautiously: They saw it on YouTube and want to know if there is any truth to it.
But above all, the fact that a “hacker genius” informs others of his evil plan beforehand seems to be a weakness in the story. Moreover, YouTuber Landon has a certain reputation.
This is what it’s about: The rumor that “Fortnite will be shut down” was already circulating multiple times in 2018 because the server load was so high that there were more frequent longer server downs.
From the fact that PUBG sued the South Korean Fortnite, the rumor that “they are shutting down Fortnite” was born.
These “social media” rumors mix half-heard facts with prejudices or film clichés and seem to be surprisingly successful.
