A look at teen TikTok stars like “Mooptopia”, who achieved sudden viral fame and found it hard to contend with the devotion and nonstop attention of fans
Teens are making it big overnight, but that kind of fame can be a mixed bag. — A girl sits alone on an ugly couch … Tweets: @mattnavarra , @mikeelgan , @adriennelaf , @justinbrookman , @kait_tiffany , and @malcolmjgray Tweets: Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : Answer: frighteningly fast https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Mike Elgan / @mikeelgan : No, quit Facebook https://www.nytimes.com/... Adrienne LaFrance / @adriennelaf : I love this piece by @kait_tiffany about TikTok and the validation of teenage girl culture. Girls are hilarious, talented, creative, and weird in ways that broader society rarely rewards or even acknowledges. But on TikTok, girl culture is everywhere: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Justin Brookman / @justinbrookman : Apparently this is a common theme at The Times today. By all means regulate tf out of Facebook! But regulation can't fix every problem, certainly not in real time, so there's value in expecting our institutions to act with some semblance of integrity too. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kaitlyn Tiffany / @kait_tiffany : i wrote a little bit about moop, an anonymous tiktok teen who does nothing and has 2.5 million followers as well as dozens (maybe hundreds?) of dedicated fan pages https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... Malc / @malcolmjgray : in the wake of watching ‘the social dilemma,’ this article on tiktok feels extra spooky. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...