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A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video

The Verge

It opens with recent Florida high school graduate and self-described “teen author” Sarah Frank sitting in her bedroom and smiling at the camera. Long-standing Prolific survey-takers complained on Reddit that Frank had made it difficult to find paid surveys to take on the overrun platform. The July 23rd video is short and simple.

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Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?

Tech Soup

And, if you're thinking that only teens like memes, look at the range of people who drenched themselves for the Ice Bucket Challenge. The Facebook post garnered 5,365* likes, 2,279 shares, and 364 comments, while the tweet got 506 retweets, 58 replies, and 358 favorites. Memes travel within all age groups. Engagement.

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Sri Lanka’s cannabis-seekers are gathering on Facebook

The Verge

So as a teen, I was the first to report my classmates if they smoked ganja,” said Buwanka, who only wanted to reveal his first name. While his customers come from all walks of life, Dinesh said that most of them are teens. Dinesh agrees that teens are aware of the harmful substances in chemically treated KG. Comments poured in.

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OnlyFans stars say TikTok is making them rich

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The more she posted, though, the more commenters asked one specific question: did she have an OnlyFans? “I So many people asked Lee about OnlyFans, she says, that she decided to start a page, simply replying to a comment to publicize it. TikTok commenters convinced Lee to join OnlyFans and grew her fan base. “I

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TikTok is having a monster 2020

The Verge

Here are Katie Roof and Zheping Huang in Bloomberg : The company owes much of its success to TikTok , now the online repository of choice for lip-synching and dance videos by American teens. Send us tips, comments, questions, and bad predictions: casey@theverge.com and zoe@theverge.com. Two, TikTok keeps finding new users. Talk to us.

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The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis

The Verge

Two, Twitter was slow to respond to the threat, which persisted well beyond the company’s initial comments that it was taking the issue seriously. Honestly I’m with the teens on this one — that video is a cry for help. Reddit added a new feature called Image Gallery that lets people combine multiples images or GIFs in a single post.

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How tech companies are fighting antitrust efforts with front groups

The Verge

When reporters printed out copies of the tweets to ask for comment, they still managed to avoid it. Teens on TikTok have inherited the legacy of Weird Twitter and Weird Facebook , playfully posturing as retail stores and brands to create a subculture called Elite TikTok. Emily Cochrane / The New York Times ). Mark Gurman / Bloomberg).

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