Internet challenges

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In the [[Internet]], a '''challenge''' is a term used to refer to the genre of videos in which users record themselves performing an action and then dare others to repeat it.<ref name="Internet Challenges and Teenagers - Clinical Advisor">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> They play a role in [[Internet meme|internet meme culture,]] with many challenges spreading by through such memes. Examples include the [[Ice Bucket Challenge|ALS Ice Bucket challenge,]] which went viral in mid-2014.<ref></ref>

An internet challenge is similar to the common children's [[game of dares|dare game]] in which they dare each other to perform an action that one would not normally do.

Some challenges/talks predate Internet, some periodically resurface in a somewhat different form.<ref name="Internet Challenges and Teenagers - Clinical Advisor" />

The phenomenon of internet challenges' popularity is explained by people's, especially teenagers', need to gain attention and be liked.<ref name="Internet Challenges and Teenagers - Clinical Advisor" />

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