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The Evolution of Take This Lollipop

in 2011 a new Facebook app became available  however this app is secretly not like the   rest on the market because when you visit, take  this lollipop, you're asked to give permission to   your Facebook profile, which is secretly opening a  loophole that exposes your private information to   the developer who will then play a creepy video  that makes you want to delete all of your social   media starring a man straight out of nightmares  you would have as a child all alone in what   appears to be an abandoned building logging into  his Facebook account but when you get closer you   see that he's actually logged into your Facebook  profile examining everything that you have posted   viewing your friends and building a parasocial  relationship with you and obsessively staring at   all of your photos glazing right into the camera  lens when somehow things get even creepier and   Google Maps appears on the screen slowly your  location is ritten out on this creepy man's   screen and as he begins to stare down your soul  you feel a sense of unease when all of a sudden   you see him driving with a photo printed out on  the dashboard of you all for him to get out of   the car as the screen Fades to Black sure enough  this app was briefly removed after its release   due to the shock factor and malicious attent of  Facebook user data but it came back up after the   Creator proved that he wasn't doing anything weird  with the information and from there it was radio   silent until 9 years later in 2020 the year of  the pandemic a new and more interactive version   of this app appeared one that makes you think  that there's someone in your house but before   we get into that in 2011 Facebook had a settle in  court with the Federal Trade Commission after it   was charged with engaging in unfair and deceptive  practices in the way it handled information its   users deemed private and it's hilarious to  think that this 3-minute video potentially   helped expose Facebook for this because according  to Epic Facebook would tell users the third party   apps they installed would have access only to  information that they needed to operate but in   reality the apps could access nearly all of users  personal data data that apps didn't need and this   entire app down to the name is warning you about  Internet safety and the implications of sharing   personal information even on private social media  accounts when it asks for permission it says it   needs your profile info birthday location  relationship status relationship details   your photos friends locations photos shared with  you videos shared with you and if you're saying   who would still click yes well this active Reddit  user says I did and many other people at the time   weren't aware of what they were giving to Facebook  and their privacy settings even people who knew   the gimmick still wanted to try it like denell  net who says wow I need to try this later when the   site comes back online I wonder if she ever got  around to that she hasn't posted in 6 years so I   hope you're doing okay danieli if you're out there  you can now play the new 2020 version of take the   lollipop connecting but this time you have to  purchase a $3 ticket to enter what appears to be   a chat room you start out waiting for someone to  join and then a girl joins and says hello to you hi hi quickly after two more people join  above you Sam what's up Sam whoa you can   can you hear me yeah mhm yeah mhm I can  hear you I can't hear you though hey and   according to them they can't hear you  but you can still chat with with them   by typing into the chat box and what starts  off as a normal conversation between almost   all of you slowly begins to turn into the  unfriended movie and creepy things start to happen oh God I don't know if I can do this  guys oh what is happened to that girl right   there I just got a text of a picture of me from my  webcam how would they have gotten my number oh my god did you like type it in C you  believe there's someone in behind you that's so fake super fake that didn't that  didn't look fake to me I am out of here see you later okay Sam why are your lights red and then you start to notice something  weird happening your webcam and a figure   appears behind you I should have made  my bed before I join this fall I there's   something behind you what is this what  is this man right here there something   there's nothing here what until the app goes  full screen yo why are you full screen yo go   back I just there was someone behind me  what are you doing yo it's okay it's okay   it's okay it's okay sopie it's okay it's  okay it's okay Sophie chill out chill out what bro after that beautiful jump scare you're all  alone again on the call and your address pops   up on the screen okay so it has my info on it um  it have my credit card number my location without   a second to even process what just happened  you're placed into another call okay Hi John   new crowd here Tim Lisa what is this and now me  Alex who wants to play lollipop disconnecting   but this time they use CGI on your lips and I  thought it was real it got me shaking like why   am I talking right now just kidding this was  made in 2020 and this filter is booty cheeks   I paid $3 for this when it's the same gimmick  you can watch on YouTube oh what the freak is   that what the freak is that but at least I  got to experience it and give them all my   information surprisingly the 2020 version of take  the lollipop has seen a lot of success on YouTube   getting tens of millions of views for what it's  just a 3-minute zoom call turned unfriended you   guys also feel like the 2020 version of take  this lollipop is awful compared to the 2011   version 2o I've gotten a lot of comments giving  praise to the 2011 version someone said I played   it once and regret it well I remember it scared  the crap out of me not knowing it got my photos   from the login but the 2020 version doesn't  get the same praise it just feels like a bad   horror film more than a social media awareness  campaign in 2011 take this lollipop was sort   of revolutionary and exposed what could happen  if you're not careful with your data on social   media platforms a creepy man can stalk you and  stare at all your photos and come to where you   live by just looking through your profile the only  thing they did in this new version was expose my   P by credit card and uses Snapchat filter on me  they could have at least used this filter on me   come on now that would be hilarious if they just  turned me into a girl damn wait why do I kind of   look hot as a see that would be worth $3 I'm kind  of bitter about it costing money not going to lie   I could have paid for most of a 4 for four and got  him more happiness than this wait wait wait they   have all my info I probably shouldn't be talking  bad about them please don't come after me I wanted   to know more about the protagonist and I found a  Q&A that he made for this project but the way that   he answers the first question is crazy how did  you come to take part in the project take this   lollipop it was an acting job and I didn't think  I'd get it because I'm ugly I know that I'm ugly   am I not yes admit it I frighten you don't I ah  sometime I frighten myself but apparently they   wanted an ugly person for the job and so they gave  it to me he kind of gives off baby girl Vibes but   he's definitely still a part of the nightmare blun  rotation real talk I feel like a game Studio could   create something even more terrifying than this  three-minute gimmick a game that connects to all   of your soul social media accounts scanning your  entire digital footprint and everything connected   to you it would be one of the most immersive and  terrifying games that displays you as the main   character in your hometown there you go that's a  free million dollar IDE get it might not be legal   but subscribe for more I would like to think  that take the lollipop was actually inspired   by Hotel 626 an iconic horror game created  by Doritos released in 2008 that used your   webcam and private information to make a creepy  fully interactive point and click game which I   made a video going over so cck here to watch  that video and if you enjoy this video drop a   like And subscribe to make me happy I hope you  have a great rest of your day love you goodbye