https://toronto.ct...is-death-1.6458243


The parents of a young man who plunged to his death from a downtown Toronto tower last month are coming forward to warn others about what they view as the dangerous pastime of “rooftopping,” which they believe played a role in their son’s death.




I hadn't heard of this incident before. RIP Conrad

I was about to say this is old as I have a very similar article, but yeah, sadly it's not old.

Rest in Peace.

They did their research.

This seems to draw a pretty direct link

In some tellings, 'rooftopping' went from a private pursuit to a phenomenon when, in 2011, a Toronto photographer posted a dizzying shot of legs hanging off a Toronto building. The photo was a viral hit and spawned copycats across the world, who branched out into videos that have received millions of views.

to this

In one video posted last June to a TikTok account, Rybicki’s feet dangle over the edge of a building, dozens of storeys up from Front Street in Toronto as his smartphone camera pans to the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre.

I'm impressed the writer didn't provide more exact information on the people behind that, or point out the coincidence in the spelling of their surnames.

What a lot of alarmist reporting misses out on is that those views and clicks aren't just for social media satisfiaction, but actually have monetary value. Wu Yongning dangled off the side of the building in order to win prize money. Any of these people with enough social media followers could be monetising their content. It seems there is a very clear motivation for pursuing these deadly activities.

Posted by Steed I'm impressed the writer didn't provide more exact information on the people behind that, or point out the coincidence in the spelling of their surnames.

I noticed that as well. Good reporting there.

Posted by Steed coincidence in the spelling of their surnames.

First thing I noticed.

I'm pretty surprised this hasn't happened more often