TikTok video explains why the viral Chase Bank glitch was actually a hoax

When the viral Chase Bank glitch swept across the internet, everyone assumed the posts and videos depicting people "falling" for it were real -- that people were actually risking getting caught for committing check fraud for quick cash.

But a social media professor and researcher posted a TikTok video explaining why this wasn't a display of people falling for something they shouldn't have -- it was an internet hoax.

The creator used the Tide Pod trend as an example of why the Chase Bank Glitch was mostly fake. Years ago, you may remember the internet and the media losing its collective mind over the belief that children and teens were engaging in a Tide Pod "challenge" where they were ingesting Tide Pods for views.

But that all turned out to be a hoax. According to the video, there were very few actual reported cases of Tide Pod ingestion in the United States around that time. People weren't actually eating Tide Pods. It wasn't a viral trend. It was a widely believed hoax.

The creator goes on to point out that she has yet to find evidence -- video or otherwise -- of people actually "participating" in the Chase glitch. People have posted saying that they did it, but no one has proven they actually did it.

There is a way you can tell when something is actually just an internet hoax, the creator points out in the video. "[The] Chase Bank glitch is a classic hoax of internet culture where we see a ton of content being made ABOUT the alleged bad behavior, but we don't actually see the bad behavior."

Some people may have done it, but not to the extent that TikTok and the media may have led people to believe. Mostly, this is all just for clicks and views and clout.