Around midnight, 4chan’s Google Trend bombers pushed ”Justin Bieber Syphilis” to the top of Google Trends’ “Hot Searches” list. They did with this message, posted in 4chan’sinfamous /b/ comment board:

Go to Google and search ‘Justin Bieber Syphilis’. Let’s get this to be No. 1 searched phrase on Google Trends. Use an autoclicker or macro if possible and get others involved. Unlike a death rumor, this will be hard for him to disprove.

Obviously, Justin Bieber doesn’t have syphilis. But if you trend it, they will come. When “Justin Bieber Syphilis” made it to #1, the blogosphere began to buzz. The logic went something like this: If it’s trending, people must be curious about it. Thus, a rumor exists. Thus, I should take the phrase “Justin Bieber Syphilis,” put a question mark at the end, and turn it into a blog post.