Netizens feel they know who started the rumor.

A netizen’s claim that NewJeans‘ Hanni and RIIZE‘s Anton were dating has gone viral.

On July 17, a post titled “RIIZE’s Anton Is Dating NewJeans’ Hanni” went viral. The post has since been viewed over 175K times in a popular online community.

In the post, the author alleges that the two idols were dating. What the author doesn’t do, however, is provide any evidence — not even the all-too-common photos of the idols wearing matching outfits, which have become a staple of these types of allegations. Instead, the author lazily alleges that the two have too many things that overlap.

Come here and comment. The two have too many things that overlap.

— Author

The post has since sparked backlash, with many condemning the author for simply being a malicious troll. Many others felt that the dating allegation was a product of DC Inside users, the controversial incel community that has been targeting Min Hee Jin and NewJeans ever since their feud with HYBE.

• “I feel bad for RIIZE’s Wonbin and Anton as I think they are being targeted by DC Inside users… DC Inside users seem to come here to manipulate the top comments ㅠㅠ.”
• “Who else would want to troll NewJeans and RIIZE? Don’t respond to this post.”
• “I mean, seeing how this post has been upvoted this many times despite there not being any evidence proves that DC Inside users came here in droves, wack.”
• “There is no evidence to talk about here.”
• “Seeing them yesterday, I did feel like something was going on, lol. They covered the same English song, they did challenges around the same time, and Anton copied Hanni’s ad-libs. Hani also suddenly likes dinosaurs, lol.”
• “At least take the time to include some evidence. Do you think just typing whatever will make this dating allegation believable?”
• “Has there ever been a time where dating allegations on this site ended up being correct?”

What are your thoughts?